Archive for August 2010

Why Digital Allowances Aren’t Too Far-Fetched

By Mary Kay Hoal · Comments (8)
Monday, August 9th, 2010

In the midst of the online cultural shift that we’ve seen in the last five years, it’s no secret that online shopping is becoming more of a social norm every day.  Though online shopping can be extremely convenient and user-friendly, it can also pose a whole new set of rules and guidelines that parents have to be prepared to teach their children; after all, our children were born into this sort of thing.  Whether its real items like clothes and books or virtual goods like digital songs and games, it suffices to say that online shopping has given a whole new meaning to “allowance”. Read More→

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Categories : Kids and Money

Parents Are Not 100% Responsible For Children’s Moral Development

By Sandra Dye · Comments (2)
Sunday, August 8th, 2010

Boy finds a lunchboxParents feel responsible for instilling values and morals in their children.  Yet, Harvard University infant cognition studies reveal how children are not empty containers to be filled.  Quite to the contrary, we now know that children already come pre-wired with their own basic moral systems.  This knowledge may throw a wrench in your ideas about instilling values in your child.

PARENTS DO HAVE RESPONSIBILITY BUT IT MAY LOOK DIFFERENT THAN YOU WERE THINKING Read More→

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