Getty Images. Piggy banks have never gone out of style—nor have they changed much over the years. And while a little ceramic or plastic jar shaped like a pig is cute kids-room decor and all, the real ...

Every opportunity I get, I try to teach my children some money lessons. In my household most requests for toys, video games or trips to a fast-food restaurant are met with two words: College fund. You ...

When the piggy bank is full, you take your child down to the bank to make a deposit in a bank account and go over the statement once a month, etc. As they get more money built up, you can begin to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The piggy bank is classic! It’s simple and a ...

Over summer breaks when you were a kid, you probably played board games with brightly colored fake money, ran a lemonade stand and saved your hard-earned cash in an actual piggy bank. You were so busy ...

Piggy banks teach kids lessons about savings, spending, delayed gratification, and responsibility. But they’re also increasingly obsolete, as allowances increasingly get paid out in ATM cards and ...