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The Parent Report: Kids Need To Learn The Value Of A Dollar

BOSTON (CBS) - How can you get your kids to learn the value of money?

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How can you raise financially responsible children? Loral Langemeier is the author of  "Cash Machine for Life." She says parents need to assign a value to chores kids do around the house.

Langemeier says parents should establish a savings account, which she calls a wealth account, and then the kids set some goals, creating an incentive to save.

Langemeier says you need to have money days, maybe once a month, to share what you've learned with your children about money.  And she says you need to start early...

Does this sound like a daunting task? Langmeir says you have to do it...

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