Financial Literacy for Teens and Young Adults-Credit Unions Can Help

Credit unions can help improve the financial literacy of teens and young adults in several ways. 1. Help make resources, including cirricula, guest speakers, and financial support for personal finance courses, available to teachers, parents, and nonformal community educators. 2. Volunteer with Coope...

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Published in:Credit Union Magazine 2004-11, Vol.70 (11), p.A10
Main Author: Hayhoe, Celia Ray
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Checking accounts
Children & youth
College students
Community colleges
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Credit unions
Curricula
Education
Families & family life
Financial literacy
Guidelines
Learning
Managerial skills
Parents & parenting
Personal finance
Predatory lending
Schools
Teachers
Teenagers
Volunteers
Websites
Young adults
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Summary:Credit unions can help improve the financial literacy of teens and young adults in several ways. 1. Help make resources, including cirricula, guest speakers, and financial support for personal finance courses, available to teachers, parents, and nonformal community educators. 2. Volunteer with Cooperative Extension programs. 3. Sponsor a Newspaper in Education insert in your local paper. 4. Contact first-year experience college and university courses and help them to incorporate financial concepts into their cirricula. 5. Encourage students to take available personal finance courses at high schools, community colleges, and universities. 6. Help parents demonstrate appropriate consumer and financial management practices and give their children opportunities to learn about money management and the marketplace before they go to college.
ISSN:0011-1066