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Many teenagers today have access to credit and debit cards and until recently, there was little parents could do to monitor and restrict their children's spending. Hernandez has identified a new prepaid card by Discover that aims to give parents more control over their children's spending habits. The prepaid card allows parents to restrict and actively monitor their teenager's credit card use. For a small monthly fee, parents can effectively control all aspects of their child's card and even restrict purchases of inappropriate material. Discover's prepaid card offers parents and teenagers an opportunity to enjoy the conveniences of a credit/debit card with relative safety.

A study shows that a parents literacy affects their involvement in their child's school. The parents that have a high literacy level are twice as like to be invovled than parents with a lower literacy level. This article really shows the affects parents have on their kid's education.

In this prospective study home literacy is considered a multifaceted phenomenon consisting of a frequency or exposure facet (opportunity), an instruction quality facet, a parent-child cooperation facet, and a social-emotional quality facet. In a multiethnic, partly bilingual sample of 89 families with 4-year-old children, living in inner-city areas in the Netherlands, measures of home literacy were taken by means of interviews with the parents and observations of parent-child book reading interactions when the target children were ages 4, 5, and 6 years. At age 7, by the end of Grade 1, after nearly 1 year of formal reading instruction, vocabulary, word decoding, and reading comprehension were assessed using standard tests. Vocabulary at age 4 and an index of the predominant language used at home were also measured in order to be used as covariates. Correlational and multiple regression analyses supported the hypothesis that home literacy is multifaceted. Home literacy facets together predicted more variance in language and achievement measures at age 7 than each of them separately. Structural equations analysis also supported two additional hypotheses of the present research. First, the effects of background factors (SES, ethnicity, parents' own literacy practices) on language development and reading achievement in school were fully mediated by home literacy, home language, and early vocabulary. Second, even after controlling for the effects of early vocabulary and predominant home language, there remained statistically significant effects of home literacy, in particular, opportunity, instruction quality, and cooperation quality. (Abstract taken from JSTOR.)

This article is about how parents play a major role in a child's development of literacy. It tells you different programs to help parents communicate and get involved. Your child's academic success depends on their literacy so parents need to be active in this process.

Palmer, Kimberly. "The Best Inheritance of All." U.S. News & World Report 144.18 (2008), 70-70. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Roesch Lib., U. of Dayton, Dayton, OH. 14 Mar. 2009.

Palmer discusses the positive impact that her mother's financial advise made on her life. In addition the article also references a study that suggests that Parents that teach their kids about the positive impact that money management can have on their lives can help them made better informed decisions as adults. Many parents lack the knowledge of financial literacy themselves and therefore their children grow up knowing very little about the importance financial literacy. The lack of financial literacy knowledge among the youth has caused unease and has inspired new programs designed to help parents teach their children.

Marie T. "Talking to Children about Money." Clergy Journal 84.9 (Sep. 2008): 15-16. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Roesch Lib., U. of Dayton, Dayton, OH. 14 Mar. 2009. Mar. 2009. .

The author addresses the importance of opening up the lines of communication between parents and their children. Children learn by example and it is important to help children understand the importance of why decisions are made in a household as well as differentiate the difference between want and need. If parents act responsibly with money, their children can learn from their actions. The article encourages parents to teach their children that money is a resource, a gift but not an end to a means. It drives home the fact the money alone does not buy happiness. Cross encourages stewardship and that realization that money is a way to share the benefits of life with people who have less.

Palmer discusses the positive impact that her mother's financial advise made on her life. In addition the article also references a study that suggests that Parents that teach their kids about the positive impact that money management can have on their lives can help them made better informed decisions as adults. Many parents lack the knowledge of financial literacy themselves and therefore their children grow up knowing very little about the importance financial literacy. The lack of financial literacy knowledge among the youth has caused unease and has inspired new programs designed to help parents teach their children.

A major problem with the ever growing population of the elderly is their children's financial literacy. It is important that the children of aging parents are proactive and get involved with their parents financial matters. Children need to be aware of the government funded programs as well as the financial strategies that their parents can qualify for based upon their age. There are often outside factors that contribute to complications of sorting out financial documents and dollar figures and children of the aging need to be aware of these issues as well as the help that is available to them.

The author addresses the importance of opening up the lines of communication between parents and their children. Children learn by example and it is important to help children understand the importance of why decisions are made in a household as well as differentiate the difference between want and need. If parents act responsibly with money, their children can learn from their actions. The article encourages parents to teach their children that money is a resource, a gift but not an end to a means. It drives home the fact the money alone does not buy happiness. Cross encourages stewardship and that realization that money is a way to share the benefits of life with people who have less.

A major problem with the ever growing population of the elderly is their children's financial literacy. It is important that the children of aging parents are proactive and get involved with their parents financial matters. Children need to be aware of the government funded programs as well as the financial strategies that their parents can qualify for based upon their age. There are often outside factors that contribute to complications of sorting out financial documents and dollar figures and children of the aging need to be aware of these issues as well as the help that is available to them.

This article talks about how important it is for parents being involved when their children are learning to read. It also goes on to talk about how they can decide their childrens futures and whether they will become literate professional adults. The involvement of a parent is very important.

This article is about a study done on low income families. They have proven that when parents are in poverty it affects their children in a negative way. The study shows that these children are more likely to grow up to be low income when they are adults. Parents that are low income have to deal with many problems and don't have time to help their children get a good education.

This article talks about how important it is for parents being involved when their children are learning to read. It also goes on to talk about how they can decide their childrens futures and whether they will become literate professional adults. The involvement of a parent is very important.

This article is about a study that was done with children and there parents. It tested the correlation between the chidren's BMI and the parents BMI. They looked at the children's lifestyle behavior and practices compared to the children weight status.

The article discuses how parents can prepare their children entering college about financial literacy. It is important that freshman understand the intricacies of credit cards such as, interest rates and fees.

Thia article is about a study done on the connection between parents ready to their children and their development of literacy. It says that the children that were read to a year later had become more literate. This is a very interesting study.

This article talks about how race and ethics differs the way parents talk to their children. It shows that white mothers are more likely to talk and read to their children every day than black and hispanic mothers. It talks about how this affects the childrens readiness and there is a 20 to 25 precent gap with children that are white and other minority.

The author in this article filled the pages with stats about how Potter has affected literacy. This article does not only go into depth on children but also the affect it has on parents. This is a great article for facts.

This article is about how when school and parents work together the child will be successful not only at school but throughout life. They have done a study for 30 years proving this. The main topic of this article is family literacy services and how they help children.

This article is about how parents influence thier childrens learning habits. Helping your children learn to read and write must start in the early years. Parents are a support team when thier child is learning to read. The way the parents read and write at home effects how the students read and write. Oral language is a foundation for literacy development.