Education Law

Smart spending

BoardBuzz was pleased to see this story on Good Morning America today.  We all know how hard-hit everyone has been by the economic woes facing the country.  And now ABC’s Mellody Hobson is offering some spending tips for teens as they head back to school, and even prepare for college. 

Among other advise, Hobson advises

it’s important for teens to learn that you need to track your expenses, and one of the best ways to do that is by balancing your checkbook. When you pay attention to how you’re spending money on all those little items, you realize how everything adds up and you can budget wisely. You also need to make sure the bank is getting things right, or that you don’t have a big check waiting to clear and you might end up overdrawing on your account.

Check out the article and accompanying video to see all of her tips.

Full post as published by BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog on August 19, 2009 (boomark / email).