1. According to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, peanut allergies fell 43% between 2017 and 2020, primarily because peanut products are being introduced to babies early on.
2. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s finance instructor Mary Fox Luquette says parents should teach their kids…
a) How to balance a checkbook and that outgoing funds should never exceed incoming funds.
b) The advantages and disadvantages of compound interest—the interest charged borrowers monthly on unpaid loans– and how they benefit depositors.
c) The difference between a quoted salary and net salary, along with all the deductions taken.
d) The difference between a debit card and a credit card and that, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 70% of all overdraft payments come from debit card holders.
3. According to the Census Bureau, back in 1975, 45% of 25- to 34-year-olds lived independently, held jobs, got married, and started families, but today that applies to only 28% of that age group.
4. Among 1,200 readers, Education Week found that 53% believe that taking kids out of school for a vacation or family trip “provides real-world experience,” while 33% said it “disrupts students’ education.”
5. This summer, Congress passed a law allowing individual taxpayers to claim a dollar-to-dollar tax credit for up to $1,700 in donations to non-profits that award scholarships for private school, tutoring, school uniforms, and so on.
6. According to an Afterschool Alliance survey, although families want after-school programs for their school-aged children, just 7 million are enrolled, plus:
** 97% said such programs are excellent, very good, or good.
** 85% said they provide “opportunities to learn life skills…”
** 75% said they “help promote learning and interest in schools and improve attendance.”
And so it goes…
~With happy Thanksgiving wishes, Carol
