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How To Teach Your Kids About Money

Dr Rajini Sarvananthan, Consultant Developmental Paediatrician

24-Sep-20 16:00

How To Teach Your Kids About Money

If you’re a parent, you will be familiar with the struggle of getting your children to understand the value of money, or teaching them about managing finances. This COVID-19 pandemic, being a health as well as a financial crisis, has resurfaced the challenges of talking to kids about money and even unemployment. Consultant Developmental Paediatrician Dr Rajini Sarvananthan shares how she works with parents of typically and non-typically developing children, to have these conversations.

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Produced by: Tee Shiao Eek

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