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Every $pend Counts

We offer (practical!) financial literacy activities for kids, reflections on everyday life, shared experiences, and book reviews chosen for their ability to help raise money-smart young people. Let's shape a future where children understand how and why every purchase, big or small, can move them closer to the life they want.

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DIMS SCORE® Questions . For Parents . For Teachers .

Why are the possible answers “Yes” or “Not Applicable”?

Our mindful spending tool makes it easy to think about a possible purchase more than once. Learn how super-smart kids helped us understand why we had to change the possible answers for some of DIMS SCORE^® Calculator questions very early on.

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For Parents . For Teachers . Inspiring Financial Writers .

We’re in the “think more” versus the “feel bad” business!

As we head into our 10th year of making learning about money immediately helpful to youth, we want to be clear: Gifting Sense is NOT in the “feel bad” business, but rather in the “think more” business. Learn why careful spending doesn't have to be "bad tasting medicine".

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DIMS SCORE® Questions . Teacher Resources .

Total Cost Doesn’t Impact a DIMS SCORE®!

We aim to help youth uncover all the costs associated with a purchase they want. The decision as to whether or not spending that amount of money makes sense for a family - is theirs alone – as it should be.

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Child Development . Financial Literacy .

Can You See The Future? We Can!

When we think further out into the future, we see all the ways today's children can almost completely avoid personal financial stress. Learn how your family can help ensure that twenty years from now, our vision is reality.

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Child Development . Financial Literacy . For Teachers .

Who Knew? TBB is Curriculum Compliant!

At the end of an incredibly interesting year at the Gifting Sense project, we've learned that our unique approach to Thinking Before Buying is almost universally compliant with financial literacy curriculum requirements throughout North America.

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Financial Literacy . For Teachers . Smart Gifting .

Four Fridays of Fun-damental Financial Literacy

You asked, and we delivered. Learn how to run a month of thinking-before-buying workshops in four afternoons/ sessions/ classes. Buyer's remorse, be gone!

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Child Development . Financial Literacy . For Teachers . Gifts & Holidays . Holiday Hacks . Smart Gifting .

What We Have Learned Delivering Workshops

Are you a Teacher in Grades 4 through 9? Learn how easy it is to deliver a Gifting Sense workshop to your own students, in your own classroom (or online) for free. We'll even send you a Gifting Sense pencil for every one of your kids!

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Financial Literacy . For Parents . For Teachers . Gifts & Holidays .

Happy Holidays Raj Chetty

Raj Chetty and his colleagues at Opportunity Insights have a study that we are interpreting as a call to arms for higher income earners to where possible, responsibly spend locally, until public health measures can restore broader consumer confidence and spending.

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Child Development . Financial Literacy . Prevent This .

Prevent This: Back-to-School Buyer’s Remorse

While many things look and feel very different this fall, kids have still grown and moved onto the next grade, and smart back-to-school shopping still requires families to ask and answer the same three questions they did before the pandemic.

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Child Development . For Parents . For Teachers .

Develop Money Privilege Empathy With Your Teens

Sharing details about your adolescence helps tweens and teens understand why you use and think about money like you do. Not everything has changed since we were kids. For example, families still have to balance earning and spending.

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DIMS SCORE® Questions . Financial Literacy . For Parents . For Teachers .

DIMS – DOES IT MAKE SENSE?® Scores Help Kids Develop Good Financial Defense

After age 10, most kids know a sports team needs offense and defense to win a game. Guess what? So it goes with managing your personal finances. Learn about our most popular teaching metaphor and the former MLB player who we think would love it.

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Financial Literacy . For Parents . For Teachers .

Born Before the Smartphone?

This year, the annual "Tech Up For Women" Conference in N.Y.C. will include a Gifting Sense booth. Learn more about the organization committed to eliminating the fear factor in all things tech for women at all levels of business and life, even those born before the smartphone.

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Child Development . Financial Literacy .

The Only Problem With Summer Jobs

Summer job paychecks "don't come with instructions." (Actually, paychecks never come with instructions.) This is why you want to talk with your teens about how best to proceed before they start receiving any.

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