Making sense of the dollars starts at home

Parents play the prime role in teaching their children about finances

August 10, 2011 | by Catherine Benesch , Researcher, Institute of Marriage and Family Canada
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Endnotes

[1] Ministry of Education, Ontario. (2011). Financial literacy: Scope and sequences of expectations, p. 3. Retrieved August 3, 2011 from http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/policy/FinLitGr9to12.pdf

[2] Ibid, p. 7.

[3] Task Force on Financial Literacy. (2010). Canadians and their money: Building a brighter financial future, p. 25. Retrieved August 3, 2011 from http://www.financialliteracyincanada.com/pdf/canadians-and-their-money-1-report-eng.pdf

[4] Ibid, p. 20.

[5] BMO Financial Group. (2011). On eve of royal wedding, BMO study finds few Canadian couples show their “financial” cards before marriage. Retrieved August 3, 2011 from http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/on-eve-royal-weddingbmo-study-finds-few-canadian-couples-show-their-financial-cards-tsx-bmo-1506785.htm

[6] Yih, J. (2011). Canadian Finance Blog: Future financial literacy is in the hands of parents. Retrieved August 3, 2011 from http://canadianfinanceblog.com/future-financial-literacy-is-in-the-hands-of-parents/

[7] Rabbior, G. (2009). Canadian Foundation for Economic Education. Financial turmoil? Financial ‘literacy’ can help – but we better get it right! Retrieved August 3, 2011 from http://www.cfee.org/assets/u/financial-literacy-we-better-get-itright.pdf