Blog: The Self-Driven Teen

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Is 8th or 9th Grade Too Early to Learn Personal Finance?

  Is 8th or 9th Grade Too Early to Learn Personal Finance and Economics Basics? Picture this: a 15-year-old excitedly swipes his shiny new debit card for the latest pair of Jordans he’s saved up for—only to be blindsided by a bank alert: the account is overdrawn....

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Why Should Teens Invest in Soft Skills?

Social Skills: The Secret Sauce for Teens' College Admissions & Life Success?  These days, the allure of a lucrative career in tech whispers (or roars) to legions of college-bound teens. Responding, many look frantically to beef up their tech credentials by...

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