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		<title>Our ThriveTime Scholarship Challenge Launches at Estrella High School to Rave Reviews</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our ThriveTime Scholarship Challenge Launches at Estrella High School to Rave Reviews &#160; Your teen just spilled soda all over the brand new laptop you gave him for Christmas…or downloaded too many songs last month.  What now?  That’s exactly the kind of scenario we serve up in our award-winning board game, ThriveTime for Teens.  And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Year’s Resolution:  Get an Early Start on Tax Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Year’s Resolution:  Get an Early Start on Tax Season You read that right.  As one year comes to an end and another begins, people often look to make changes in every aspect of their lives – especially finances.  So now is a good time to think about taxes.  Yes, really! &#160; It’s not too [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Tis the Season to be Mindful: Help Your Kids Practice Restraint &amp; Generosity</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Tis the Season to be Mindful: Help Your Kids Practice Restraint &#38; Generosity &#160; Famed children’s book character Mrs. Berenstain Bear knew what she was talking about. &#160; At this time of year, her “cubs,” she says, get a good case of the “Gimmies.” And of course, why wouldn’t they? The frenzied build up to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Takin’ it To the Streets:  Talking to your Kids about Occupy Wall Street in the era of “Clicktivism”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Takin’ it To the Streets:  Talking to your Kids about Occupy Wall Street in the era of “Clicktivism” By:  Sharon Lechter &#160;   Shaking Things Up.  This is what the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement is really about, after all – shaking things up.   And this is activism at the dawn of the social media [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Debit Card Debacle: A Teachable Moment for Family Financiers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 02:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What can $5 buy you these days?  In Bank of America’s case, a perfect storm. The backlash that ensued was fast and furious when BOA – the nation’s largest bank – announced the new $5 monthly fee on debit card customers. Whatever your opinions, I’m encouraged by at least one unintended consequence – we’re all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Education:  Teaching our Chicks to Create their own Nest Eggs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 02:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Financial Education:  Teaching our Chicks to Create their own Nest Eggs By:  Sharon Lechter   As dedicated parents, we invest much time readying our children to leave the nest and fly out into the wide-open spaces.  Why wouldn’t we?  Peaceful Saturday mornings sound pretty appealing after years spent cheering on the sidelines.  So, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sharon Lechter Named Stevies Finalist Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Stevie Award Winners to Be Announced in New York on November 11, 2011 Scottsdale, AZ, November 1, 2011:  Sharon Lechter, best selling author and financial literacy expert was named a Finalist in the Lifetime Achievement category in the 8th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. Founder of Pay Your Family First, also a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pay Your Family First</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Lechter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pay Your Family First is more than just my financial literacy company, it is a bedrock principle that successful, life-long money management begins at home. Before you can truly invest in your future goals, you have to invest in yourself. The biggest investment you can give your kids and yourself is an understanding of money [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Create an Entrepreneur and Save for School</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Lechter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial Advice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do we need financial education? Simply put, because it is one of the biggest, if not the biggest factor in helping a student be financially independent and successful after graduation. Isn’t that the exact reason we are sending our children to school? I doubt it’s solely for the pure value of knowledge at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Save on Back to School With Friends and Family</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Lechter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Still looking for ways to save on back to school items? Why not get rid of some old things, teach your kids some entrepreneurial lessons AND create a little more money to buy those back to school items with a yard sale? It can be a great way to do all of these things.The first [...]]]></description>
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