Word: kidding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...strides later, I realized what I had just done. I had let my normally optimistic disposition go. I was awash in cynicism because of the bad weather. Here was some young kid, eager to come to the United States and interact with the locals, and what did I do? Blow him off. Great. Now he has the impression that Americans and Harvard students are rude and inconsiderate. If not, he at least thinks that...
...attends a prep program in the hope of getting a scholarship to a private school. Then there are piano lessons and a couple of hours of practice a week. If he's lucky, he'll squeeze in his friends on Sunday. "Sometimes I think, like, since I'm a kid, I need to enjoy my life," he says. "But I don't have time for that...
...every kid has Nathan's seemingly innate ability to budget his time. Many others are overwhelmed by the intense pressure, and that is when parents need to step in. Caitlin Nish, 17, of Westfield, N.J., baby-sits 2 hr. every day, tutors three students in math 3 to 6 hr. a week, plays sports, belongs to clubs and edits an award-winning high school newspaper. She does homework for 6 hr. till 1:30 a.m. "Sometimes I am about to break into tears," she says. "Just having my mother put her arm around me and say that...
...wrestle with challenges like setting an allowance, learning to save, working after-school jobs and weighing expensive purchases. The goals are to make both the family's day-to-day life easier and the child's financial future more stable. "Every parent hopes they'll raise a money-savvy kid, who'll grow up to be a financially secure adult," says financial planner Peg Eddy. The trick, say Eddy and most experts, is letting kids learn by having a little money of their...
Taking the time to talk to your kids about money is the best way to head off trouble. "Families should sit down and discuss this before consumer messages win out in a kid's mind," planner Peg Eddy says. "That means early, probably around age four or five." Parents should explain to young children that there is a house to live in and toys to play with because Mommy and Daddy work and save money. As children get older, parents may discuss more specific issues, like saving for education, giving money to charity and budgeting for holiday or back...