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Wait? >> right. as i said, 16 states do have a sales tax holiday. if you live in one of those states, they include tennessee, texas, virginia. if you wait until august, you will probably find better sales on the back-to-school supplies too. >> did you do any research on the fast foot ratings? i know we teased that. a lot of people who think mcdonalds and taco bell and the like are the place to go, and apparently not a lot of people are doing there. >> no, i have not. kiplingers has not done any ...

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Of that. plus, there are a lot of sites online that will give you coupons. retailmenot is one we at kiplinger recommend a lot. others will give you coupons for certain back-to-school products. again if you sign up for those you can get the coupons, get the product code, and that sort of thing, do your shopping online. maybe fewer temptations than when you stand actually in the middle of the store and you want to buy everything in sight or your kids want to buy everything in sight. if you can con...

>> ill get mine now. what about the timing of those sales? you dont want to miss the sales when you go out to do the shopping. how do you time it just right? >> first of all, looks like what retailers do is in august thats when they tend to put school supplies on sale. come labor day, then you may fine more sales on school clothing and that sort of thing. plus there are about 16 states -- you can fine them on our website, kiplinger.com, that actually have sales tax holidays on back-to-school equ...

$95. so what do we talk to kids about when were explaining withholding to them? >> kids really think that because theyre kids, taxes do not apply to them. they really think this. this is how kids think. they think in very concrete terms. right? they think $10 an hour, i work 100 hours, just like you said, im going to get all this money. then suddenly the paycheck comes and its nowhere close to that. so you really have to give them the difference between the gross pay and net pay, how much is goi...

Allowance because you are or you work, should otherwise be doing, some parents say for free. when you get that allowance, teach the kid to take a piece of savings out of that or to -- >> right. >> do charity fri that? or is that their money to blow on whatever they want? >> heres my theory, ali, from years of writing about kids and money for kiplinger. you really need to give them the opportunity to make their own choices and to give them financial responsibility. financial jobs, if you will. so...

>> thank you so much. author of "raising money smart kids." kiplingers personal money -- raising money smart young adults, very young adults, al pip bald young adults. >> good to see you. some positive news from automakers this week. a sign the industry has turned the corner? or is this just a media hype? 24-hour allergy relief, , t comes in a new liquid gel. new zyrtec® liquid gels work fast, so i can love the air®.

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 ...

Saving is a question of mind over money because i hear this all the time from people who say if only i had more money. im living paycheck to paycheck. but the truth of the matter is no matter how much you make you always live that way and youll never change unless you have change that mindset. sometimes it takes a few tricks. >> you say its really important to know what kind of person you are, to know your plastic personality. explain that to you. >> we got into this huge debate on -- with our u...