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When modeling generosity creates anxiety about financial stability

My kids see me give away our last twenty dollars to my sister and then stress about money all week and I worry I'm teaching them conflicted messages about security.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The attempt to transmit values through example can backfire when children witness the stress that results from principled but unsustainable financial choices.

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