Birth of a Consumer: How to Teach Your Preschooler About Money

How families use money can influence young children into adulthood. At one extreme, children can become financially secure adults, while at the other extreme, they can grow up to live paycheck-to-paycheck in a state of constant financial anxiety.
Here are some ideas for helping your preschool-age child develop healthy, productive financial attitudes and behaviors:
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Can You Spot a Scam?
Test your marketplace savvy. Take the Grand Scam Challenge at http://www.ftc.gov/grandscam to see if you can tell the difference between fact and fiction.
Then click on popular links about how to build a better credit report, get credit, prevent identity theft, spot miracle health claims, and handle telemarketing calls.
College Costs: A Credit Union Loan Can Fill the Gap
Parents of college students are feeling the pinch. The gap—between the ever-increasing costs of higher education and the steadily declining amount of financial aid and loans available—keeps getting wider.
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MCFCU Credit Union Members Enjoy Low Fees
In today’s credit crunch, more consumers are fighting back against the high transaction fees charged by their banks. But credit union members have a much more effective way of influencing fees and other charges–as member-owners, you keep fees down simply by using credit union services.
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membership eligibility…
Membership in Madison County Federal Credit Union is now easier than ever! If you live, work, attend school, worship, or volunteer in Madison County you meet our new eligibility requirements. Our new, less restrictive Field of Membership allows us to offer the benefits of credit union membership to all of our friends and neighbors in Madison County
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