Money Box Live: Kids and the cost of living
Money Box
BBC
4.2 • 825 Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
As we move into a winter of record energy prices and double digit inflation, many families are facing the challenge of trying to keep costs down. But how do you educate your children about the cost of living crisis without scaring them?
Ruth Alexander and a panel of experts answer your questions on how to navigate what can often be a tricky subject, and share tips on how to teach your children about money.
Featuring Evelyn Forde MBE, Headteacher at Copthall School and President of the Association of School and College Leaders, Stephanie Fitzgerald, Head of Young People Programmes at The Money Charity and Eileen Adamson, Money Coach at Your Money Sorted and co-host of BBC Scotland's Clever About Cash podcast.
Presenter: Ruth Alexander Producer: Katie Barnfield Editor: Jess Quayle
(First broadcast 3pm, Wednesday 12th October, 2022)
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| 0:06.5 | I'm Sadata Sese, an assistant commissioner of podcasts for BBC Sounds. |
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| 0:43.6 | Welcome to the download of Moneybox Live, the program about your money. |
| 0:48.1 | Today, switch the lights off. |
| 0:50.2 | No, we're not putting the heating on yet. |
| 0:52.0 | And how long have you been in that shower? |
| 0:54.9 | The cries of every parent up and down the land at the moment. With energy prices at record levels |
| 1:00.4 | and inflation close to 10% is going to be a challenge to keep bills manageable this winter, |
| 1:05.3 | not least for families. But how do you talk to children about the cost of living without worrying them? |
| 1:11.5 | That's the subject of this podcast. |
| 1:13.4 | We've got an expert panel to offer advice and guidance. |
| 1:16.5 | So if you're a parent, carer, grandparent, wondering how to talk to children about money being tight, |
| 1:21.8 | how to get them on board with budgeting or changing circumstances, this is for you. |
| 1:26.9 | I was out chatting to people in Cheshire about this subject |
| 1:29.4 | and was particularly struck by this encounter with Nicola |
| 1:32.5 | and her 16-year-old daughter, Caitlin. |
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