Tag: young adults

Lazy teenager

Teen unemployment has shot up in recent years, and their participation in the U.S. labor force has dropped to historic lows. These data were highlighted in a series of recent reports by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston expressing concern that this trend may have long-term consequences for today’s teens, including lower lifetime wages resulting…

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Parents should watch this video with their college-bound children. The young adults featured in “Voices of Debt” have one thing in common: a lack of understanding of the financial implications of debt at the time they were taking out their student loans.  So it’s critical that parents start this conversation early with their children. T…