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Helping your children with financial terms

Get to grips with all those different financial terms by putting them into context to help you remember what they mean.

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Arm them with crucial money skills

Use LifeSkills to help your child understand how to budget and keep their money safe online.

Understanding money basics

Developing a good attitude towards money helps young people stay out of debt. Find out how you can help you children with the Barclays LifeSkills Money Basics guide.

Make it through the month

Show you understand how to manage your money over the course of a month, by choosing between wants, needs and dealing with unexpected payments along the way.

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