Podcast: Kids and holiday spending

Lan N. Nguyen

Oct 19th 2009 at 4:00PM

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Filed under: Budgets, Kids and Money, Shopping

WalletPop's Lan Nguyen chats with Neale S. Godfrey, founder of the Children's Financial Network and #1 New York Times bestselling author, about setting holiday budgets. Godfrey, who is also author of The Eco Effect, recommends holding a family meeting to talk about spending limits given these tough economic times and turning first to non-monetary gift ideas before getting that gift card.

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