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Back to school season feels like a fresh start. While kids are tackling a new school year, it’s a good time to start healthy routines, such as setting up a study schedule, doing chores around the house and instilling sound financial habits.

Good financial habits in teenagers lay the foundation for financial security when they become adults, and since they are unlikely to learn them in school, parents need to step in.

Checking their bank account regularly

When paper money and coins were the norm, it was easy to see money being spent. These days, teens don’t handle cash very often – debit cards and tapping phones has taken over. The equivalent of watching money disappear from a wallet or piggy bank is checking their bank account online frequently.

Kids should be looking at the

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