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Article: Visa USA Back to School Survey Shows Sex, Drugs and Money Management Top Issues Parents Discuss with Their High School Students; Calculator Can Help Parents Give Kids Real-Life Practice With Back-to-School Budgeting.
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- August 3, 2004
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- While parents used to talk to their children about sex, drugs and rock-and-roll, Visa USA's back to school survey shows that it's now become sex, drugs, and money management.
According to Visa USA's June back to school survey (of parents of high school students, good money management skills (85 percent) ranks ahead of both drugs (80 percent) and sex (79 percent) as topics that they will be discussing with their high-schoolers. However, 56 percent of parents said that their high school student still thinks that money grow on trees.
"It's clear that a majority of parents know how important it is to talk to their ...