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	<title>Teaching Kids Dollars &#38; Sense &#187; Active Allowance Tips</title>
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		<title>More about using Active Allowance in school</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Dan Gasteazoro,  a Grade 4 teacher at Glacier Hills Elementary School in St. Paul, Minnesota, has been using Active Allowance in his classroom for the past two years. I asked him whether he found it useful in teaching his kids about financial literacy. Here are his comments:

I am incorporating your site to instill Financial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A teacher&#8217;s use of Active Allowance in School</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie &#38; Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Dan Gasteazoro is an Active Allowance member. Dan is also a Grade 4 teacher at Glacier Hills Elementary in St. Paul, Minnesota.

 And wow&#8230;.what a creative teacher! Not only does Dan use the site for his family — he also figured out a novel way to use Active Allowance for his grade 4 class. He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Debit Cards for Teens</title>
		<link>http://www.activeallowance.com/blog/debit-cards-for-teens/64/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 22:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
I wish we had done this ages ago!

 We took advantage several weeks ago of a free service from our bank (TD). We created child bank accounts for each of our teens (14 and 17) and gave them debit cards to access them.

Now, when they want money from their virtual family bank account at Active [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Active Allowance in School?</title>
		<link>http://www.activeallowance.com/blog/active-allowance-in-school/47/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For some reason, my hair loss is accelerating. I really have to stop pulling it!
We recently had yet another, ummmm, not so perfect Parent/Teacher interview. Same old story — our gifted 10 year old&#8217;s behavior still leaves something to be desired. Not evil &#8230;. just frustrating. He has a lot more &#8220;stop&#8221; behaviors than &#8220;start&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Active Allowance &#8211; the movie</title>
		<link>http://www.activeallowance.com/blog/active-allowance-the-movie/43/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK&#8230;&#8230;exulting here. I know it&#8217;s a breeze for web design firms to do something like this, or maybe most 20 somethings, but &#8230;.. me?
Leslie and I wanted to create an easy to follow &#8220;Setup and Process&#8221; video for our Chores and Allowance System and put it in our Help Guide for new members, but do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just because you said it, doesn&#8217;t mean they get it</title>
		<link>http://www.activeallowance.com/blog/42/42/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my previous career, I learned that I could do a presentation for five people in a room and have them walk away with five different misinterpretations of what I said.

A few key conclusions:

	OK. Let&#8217;s deal with the obvious first. There&#8217;s, uhhhh, something, errrr, wrong with my, ahem,  communication skills.
And now on to something [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s good for the goose&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://www.activeallowance.com/blog/whats-good-for-the-goose/41/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an interesting idea from one of our members &#8211; she created a Responsibilities Checklist for herself so she can model appropriate behavior for her children. This helps her show her kids that Checklists aren&#8217;t a punishment &#8211; that they&#8217;re really a useful tool you&#8217;ll use your entire life to help you remember to do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why give your kids an Allowance?</title>
		<link>http://www.activeallowance.com/blog/why-give-your-kids-an-allowance/22/</link>
		<comments>http://www.activeallowance.com/blog/why-give-your-kids-an-allowance/22/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ You&#8217;ve probably already heard a great many reasons for why an allowance makes sense for kids. Without going through the whole laundry list yet again, here are a couple of important ones worth emphasizing:

	Creating many &#8220;Teaching Moments&#8221;: Unlike parental education about the birds and the bees (usually a one-time discussion; future attempts receive an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rich Boy Poor Boy: the saga continues</title>
		<link>http://www.activeallowance.com/blog/rich-boy-poor-boy-the-saga-continues/32/</link>
		<comments>http://www.activeallowance.com/blog/rich-boy-poor-boy-the-saga-continues/32/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK. I’m exulting. We just had a fantastic time visiting Canada’s Wonderland, a huge amusement park near Toronto, with our 9 and 11 year olds.

You may recall Poor Boy &#8211; he’s still poor and rebelling. But his 9 year old brother is comparatively rich (he takes after our 13 year old).

When we went to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rich Boy, Poor Boy and Economics 101?</title>
		<link>http://www.activeallowance.com/blog/rich-boy-poor-boy-and-economics-101/27/</link>
		<comments>http://www.activeallowance.com/blog/rich-boy-poor-boy-and-economics-101/27/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I think this is a good thing but I’ll let you decide.

Rich Boy
Our 13 year old is a great saver, diligent about doing his chores and fulfilling his responsibilities, and even remembers to check things off on his Active Allowance checklists. As a result, he usually earns his entire allowance and often earns bonuses. [...]]]></description>
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