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Updated · Santa Fe New Mexican · Jul 18
Texas Couple Teach 3 Children Financial Literacy Through Budgeting Games
Updated
Updated · Santa Fe New Mexican · Jul 18

Texas Couple Teach 3 Children Financial Literacy Through Budgeting Games

1 articles · Updated · Santa Fe New Mexican · Jul 18

Summary

  • Pflugerville, Texas, parents Jamie Corum and Jessica Edgar-Corum are teaching their three children money skills through hands-on exercises built into everyday routines.
  • A 2-minute grocery-store scan followed by 10 minutes to pick one item turns shopping into a lesson on budgeting, trade-offs and sales tax.
  • The couple uses those engaging activities to keep their children interested in saving and budgeting rather than treating financial literacy as a formal classroom subject.

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