Comments on: What My Parents Did and Didn’t Teach Me About Credit and Money Management

By: What My Parents Taught Me About Money | Moolanomy

What My Parents Taught Me About Money | Moolanomy — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:03:52 +0000

[...] a week ago, Mrs. Micah wrote What My Parents Did and Didn’t Teach Me About Credit and Money Management and that got me thinking about financial lessons that I learned from my parents. I can definitely [...]

By: August 26, 2008 Link Payday | Uncommon Cents

August 26, 2008 Link Payday | Uncommon Cents — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:28:57 +0000

[...] Mrs. Micah looks back at her time growing up and lays it on the line when she discusses What My Parents Did and Didn’t Teach Me About Credit and Money Management. I think her parents did pretty decently, better than mine [...]

By: fathersez

fathersez — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:33:22 +0000

Thanks for this article. Now I know what to do to try to make sure there are lesser “what did not’s”.

Cheers

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:46:37 +0000

Thank you for the tips. I want to make sure my children are responsible with money. I also found the book, “Wealthy Child: Financial Success for the Children in Your life” very good.

There is a synopsis at http://www.growwealthy.com

By: Teaching Kids Basic Math

Teaching Kids Basic Math — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:02:02 +0000

[...] post that I can no longer find, Money To Live made an excellent point following up on my post about what my parents taught me about money and credit. She said that besides teaching children about paying bills and the like, parents should make sure [...]

By: Money To Live - What should kids learn about money?

Money To Live - What should kids learn about money? — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:12:11 +0000

[...] what kids should learn about money. Many PF bloggers have been talking about how to teach children about finances, and I think an important issue has been left out of the discussion: basic math [...]

By: Sunday Morning Link Love | I've Paid For This Twice Already...

Sunday Morning Link Love | I've Paid For This Twice Already... — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:14:50 +0000

[...] Micah: What My Parents Did and Didn’t Teach Me About Credit and Money Management. I always find it interesting what others’ growing up was [...]

By: Frugal Babe

Frugal Babe — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:03:48 +0000

My parents have always been a great influence as far as money goes. They are super frugal (much more so than I am – and I’m pretty darn frugal!) and can stretch a dollar a long way. They had a mortgage on their first two houses (in the early 70s) but bought their third house with cash, and have done the same with the 14 houses they’ve owned since. About four years ago, they bought two new cars – until then they were driving two 1974 cars that they just kept fixing. They live well below their means. They put everything on a single credit card and pay it off every month, just like my husband and I do. They only shop in thrift stores. The list goes on and on, but basically they taught me a lot about money. I want to be the same sort of influence for our son.

By: David

David — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:27:05 +0000

I wish FICO had done this a while ago, as when I met my wife she had bad credit. We have fixed it over the years, but if she could have attached her score to mine, it would not have taken so long!

By: Mrs Micah's Mom

Mrs Micah's Mom — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:54:56 +0000

We didn’t always manage to carry out our principles as well as we should have; so, I’m all the happier you deduced them so well and have gone on to learn much more about PF than I ever knew.