Parents can also use digital purchases as teachable moments. A $10 virtual item in a game might sound appealing, but ...

That jangling jar of copper-colored coins sitting on your dresser just became a relic. The government ordered the last penny ...

Ultimately, financial literacy is not about selecting the right app — it’s about the habits that parents model and teach. A ...

In October, I celebrated my daughter’s third birthday at the Junior Casino: Chuck E. Cheese in Metairie, Louisiana. Like any ...

Should you give your adult children money now — or let them inherit it after you’re gone? Kurt Supe, an Indianapolis-based financial adviser specializing in retirement planning, examined this age-old ...

The best ideas are sometimes overlooked. That’s what Merrill financial advisor Alexandra Valdes discovered. Valdes, who is first vice president with The Valdes Group, a 24-person Merrill Private ...

Today, Australia has banned social-media access to anyone under 16, drawing global attention and debate among child-safety advocates, parents and teenagers. While the move is framed as a protective ...

A new law banning kids from prominent social media sites took effect in Australia on Wednesday, teeing up a key test of one of the most far-reaching approaches to protecting children online. The ...

Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Reddit, Snapchat, Threads, Twitch, X and Kick are the 10 platforms banned for kids in Australia Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working ...

Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University and teaches parents, students and teachers how to manage screentime. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is ...

The back-to-school season is a good time to reflect on the financial lessons we're teaching our kids -- whether we mean to or not. The truth is, we're already shaping their money habits just by how we ...