Kimberly Palmer: Worried about money? Ways to keep your kids from feeling your stress
by Kimberly Palmer
Mar 11, 2024
3 minutes
When it comes to parents and children, money stress can be contagious.
That’s what Amy Weimer, director of the School of Family and Consumer Sciences at Texas State University, found when she and a colleague studied 60 children last year. They were more likely to report feeling worried if their parents were experiencing long-term financial stress.
“As a parent, if I know I’m in deep debt, I would want to do something to address that issue so it doesn’t trickle down and have an impact on my child’s mental well-being,” Weimer says. Parents
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