Moms Talk: How Do You Talk About Money With Your Kids?

Moms Talk is a new feature on Patch that is part of a new initiative to reach out to moms and families. Patch invites you and your circle of friends to help build a community of support for mothers and their families right here in the area.

Each week in Moms Talk, our Moms Council—a group of moms who work with us to share what matters to them and in turn to other local moms—will take your questions, offer advice and provide solutions. The moms who have graciously given their time and thoughts, and who you'll see posting their comments on our Moms Talk discussions, are: , , Kathy Anderson and .

Moms, dads, grandparents and the diverse families who make up our community will have a new resource for questions about local schools, pedestrian safety, nutrition, work-life balance and the thousands of other issues that arise while raising children.  

Moms Talk will be the place to drop in for the latest on a parenting hot topic. So grab a cup of coffee and settle in as we start the conversation today (and let me know if you're interested in joining our Moms Council!).

Here's our first discussion topic:

At what point do you start working with your children on financial awareness and skills, and how do you go about it? What strategies do you use to talk to your kids about finances, whether it's their personal finances or related to your family, and what experiences have you gone through related to that?