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Telling Kids About Income

"We make more than some families but not as much as others."  This is how one mom explains family income to her ten-year-old child.  This is a neutral, yet fairly satisfying, response to an inquiring young mind.

Should you give your children exact figures on salaries and income?

Probably not.

First, youngsters don't have the perspective to make sense out of yearly figures.

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