Building Foundations for Economic Mobility: Engaging Families in Sensitive Financial Conversations
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Using Money Management Curricula to Enhance Family Financial SkillsApril 20, 2016
Senior Program SpecialistOffice of Head Start
Kiersten Beigel
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BFEM TALKSHOW
YOUR HOSTBrandi Black-Thacker
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OUR GUEST
Jane Bradford Ria Patino
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OUR GUESTS
KATHY BOLLING
BRIAN BOWERS
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for Econo mic M o bil i tyOBJECTIVE:Recognize theImportance
OBJECTIVE:Relate
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OBJECTIVE:Practice
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Building the relationship…
…starts with the child.
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for Econo mic M o bil i tyStrengths-Based AttitudesFamilies are the first and most important teachers of their children: they can model financial literacy and stability for their child.
Strengths-Based AttitudesFamilies are our partners with a critical role in their family’s development: when we enter into discussions about finances within a relationship that is already strongly built upon respect for their input, families will share what they need to in order to become more financially literate.
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for Econo mic M o bil i tyStrengths-Based AttitudesFamilies have expertise about their child and their family:embedding our conversations about finances as another topic of goal-setting should occur after fam-ilies have already had the opportunity to share their expertise with us.
Strengths-Based AttitudesFamilies’ contributions are important and valuable.
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Strengths-Based Attitudes
Relationship-based Practices
• Observe and describe the child’s behavior as a way to open communication with the family
• Reflect on the family’s individual and cul-tural perspective
• Support competence • Focus on the family-child relationship • Value a family’s passion • Reflect on your own personal and cultural
perspective
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In summary…
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