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Article: TEACH MONEY MANAGEMENT WHEN SHOPPING FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES, SAYS LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGCENTER FAMILY ECONOMIST TUCKER
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 13, 2009
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BATON ROUGE, La., July 10 -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news release:
Back-to-school time can be a very expensive time of year. That makes it a great opportunity to help children learn to handle money, according to LSU AgCenter family economist Dr. Jeanette Tucker.
Before school starts, families are busy buying new clothes, shoes, book bags and school supplies. After school starts, even more expenses appear: supply fees, school lunches, after-school snacks, fees for extracurricular activities - the list goes on and on, Tucker says.
"Because these expenses are child-directed, and children have already been spending money from a very early age, this is a ...