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To figure how to teach your kids, start with the preschool age. kids and money. thats my 4-year-old, buy kiks, ice cream, yogurt and money at the grocery store. what do i need to do? >> well, first of all, you have to remember, as you said before, age-appropriate. has to be very concrete. actually, i write frequently, a kiplinger.com, or website a column for kids and money especially for parents. for younger kids you have to remember concrete. think piggy banks. think putting money in a vending ...

>> yeah. >> how much does something like bobcat cost? >> we have an allowance of $3,500 a year. we were under that at $3,400. >> you are the people when we have robotic vacuum cleaners and cameras, you are responsible for that? >> yeah. >> all right. listen, im very impressed with you. give yourselves a round of applause. what is the 67 for? >> one of the big things is team spirit. we have our own team. >> keep talking. >> so basically team spirit is a big thing we put 67, our team number. and h...

Do people think youre cool at school when you do this? >> when we came back we were at the hartford region until hartford, connecticut. and when we came back it was pretty exciting to see what people thought of us. so yeah. >> do you get a lot of dates from this? >> well, were trying to -- i dont know how to answer that. but were trying to expand community support and awareness of this organization. weve had like pasta dinners to get fund-raising and get community support. >> because its expensi...

Background. we have enough circuit justices, ex-circuit justices on the court. >> i think the president will nominate a qualified person. i hope, however, he does not nominate an overly ideological person. that will be the test. if he doesnt nominate someone overly ideological, dont think youll see republicans vote against it or engage in a filibuster. >> lets bring in political director chuck todd, co-host of msnbcs "the daily rundown," we saw him pub crawling, john heilemann, columnist for new...

Cup stacking is not a sport. it is not even an activity. it is something when you were really bored as a kid you would do it for a few minutes and then move on with your life. its not a sport. i think it is even -- it might be something you should get an allowance for doing. yes, if you stack cups efficiently enough you too can win a fancy trophy. yes. a trophy of a cup. back when i was a kid, kids had real games like kick ball or dodge ball. other sports that routinely featured someone like me ...

Daily allowance of vitamin c. >> yeah. >> shepard: i guess you hid the camera, the last thing you want with the wrath of anybody upset. >> were all scared, like in the video, you can see at one point the students packing up their bags and moving. >> shepard: thats probably the better course. >> it was. off to the side, you can see her boyfriend at times. and at one point shes cursing him out. all he was saying was robbin, lets go out in the hall and talk about this. take a breath. >> shepard: it...

Tell you -- look at the banana nut bread. and they say my god, i had no idea it had that many calories. cancel and walk out of the store? >> no. give the consumer credit for being intelligent. they know a pecan roll is indell gi indei indulgent and vegetable-soup is lower in calories. >> neil: you cant tell me that the one thing had a weekly allowance for calories. >> we had it in tests for six months. we see people are appreciative of the information and transparency. generally most people make...

Out like that and it just fits ever so perfectly. >> reporter: on capitol hill he catches zs on a cot. crammed into his office closet. he is known for his fiscal discipline and his cost which cost him $44 is a message to congress. if more members tried this, too, he believes theyd have a different attitude about spending. you consider yourself a fiscal conservative. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: and you live like one. >> the family has a budget, too. >> reporter: a budget, he says that doesnt allow ...

He believes theyd have a different attitude about spending. you consider yourself a fiscal conservative. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: and you live like one. >> well, the chaffetz family has a budget, too. >> reporter: a budget, he says that doesnt allow for two homes, two mortgages or two cars. flights home to utah each weekend to see his family are covered by an allowance. but even on a congressmans salary of $174,000 a year he says washington is still expensive. representative chaffetz said he di...

That shieldsnd protects engines... against rformance-robbing gunk. thanks for the info! shell nitrogen enriched gaoline, helping you get the most out of every drop. . >> greta: there is no way to sugarcoat this. when your senators and members of congress travel overseas on official business they are given up to $250 a day per diem to pay for meal expenses that is taxpayer money. to give you a frame of reference many big corporations have a $75 a day per diem overseas which is $175 less a day tha...