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    This document provides instructions for an activity where students will interview their parents about money habits, views, and goals. The purpose is to open communication about money management. Students are given a handout with questions to ask their parents about important lessons learned about managing money, budgeting practices, views on money as a burden or help, financial goals, and tips for students. The interview is intended to help students understand different generational perspectives on finances based on personal stories and reduce potential conflicts through financial discussions within households.

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    This document provides instructions for an activity where students will interview their parents about money habits, views, and goals. The purpose is to open communication about money management. Students are given a handout with questions to ask their parents about important lessons learned about managing money, budgeting practices, views on money as a burden or help, financial goals, and tips for students. The interview is intended to help students understand different generational perspectives on finances based on personal stories and reduce potential conflicts through financial discussions within households.

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    This document provides instructions for an activity where students will interview their parents about money habits, views, and goals. The purpose is to open communication about money management. Students are given a handout with questions to ask their parents about important lessons learned about managing money, budgeting practices, views on money as a burden or help, financial goals, and tips for students. The interview is intended to help students understand different generational perspectives on finances based on personal stories and reduce potential conflicts through financial discussions within households.

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    Activity Parent Interview Budgeting

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    This document provides instructions for an activity where students will interview their parents about money habits, views, and goals. The purpose is to open communication about money management. Students are given a handout with questions to ask their parents about important lessons learned about managing money, budgeting practices, views on money as a burden or help, financial goals, and tips for students. The interview is intended to help students understand different generational perspectives on finances based on personal stories and reduce potential conflicts through financial discussions within households.

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    The document discusses having students interview their parents about their money habits, views, goals and lessons learned. It provides questions for students to ask their parents about managing money.

    Parents may say that budgeting, saving early, and limiting expensive purchases are important lessons. They may wish they learned skills like budgeting earlier in life.

    Parents' biggest financial goals often include saving for retirement, paying off debt or a mortgage. They want their children to learn financial responsibility and save for education or a home.

    Parent Interview

    1
    CHAPTER

    Procedure
    Tell students that they will be conducting an interview with their parents or
    Activity: Individual
    guardian about their money habits, views and goals. Please be aware that this
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    assignment will be more difficult for some students based on the current financial
    Materials: One interview
    question handout per realities in their homes. You may want to offer an alternative assignment if a
    student student expresses concern about completing this activity. Explain to students that
    Objective: The purpose it is important to learn both from the financial successes and the challenges their
    of this activity is to allow parents have faced.
    students an opportunity to
    open communication about Note: Students should be offered the opportunity, but not required, to share and
    money management with process what they learned from their interviews.
    their parents.
    S TA N D A R D Financial
    Responsibility and
    Decision Making
    Standard 5: Develop
    communication strategies
    for discussing financial
    issues.

    • A nalyze the values and


    attitudes of members
    of previous generations
    from their personal
    stories about money.
    • E xplain how discussing
    important financial
    information with
    household members can
    help reduce conflict.

    Foundations in Personal Finance High School Edition


    N A ME: DAT E:

    Parent Interview (1/2)

    Talk to Your Parents


    Let your parents know that you are taking a class on personal finance and ask them the following questions.
    You will not be required to share this with the class, but it may help you think about some of the things we
    will be discussing during this unit.

    What has been the most important thing you’ve learned in your adult life about managing money? What
    1
    might have been different if you had learned that skill/information earlier in life?

    Do you regularly write a budget? If so, do you budget weekly? Bimonthly? Monthly?
    2

    Do you “allow” yourself “play/fun money”? Why or why not?


    3

    What is the most important thing that money can do for you?
    4

    Do you view money as more of a burden or a help?


    5

    What has been your most expensive purchase? How did it make you feel once you made the purchase?
    6

    CH A P TER 1 Foundations in Personal Finance High School Edition


    Parent Interview (2/2)

    What is your most important “tip” or “hint” that you would like to share with me about managing money?
    7

    What is your biggest financial goal? What financial goals would you most like to see me achieve?
    8

    What would you most like for me to learn from this class?
    9

    CH A P TER 1 Foundations in Personal Finance High School Edition

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