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Journal of Financial Therapy

2016

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Financial Enmeshment: Untangling The Web, Randy Kemnitz, Bradley Klontz, Kristy L. Archuleta Mar 2016

Financial Enmeshment: Untangling The Web, Randy Kemnitz, Bradley Klontz, Kristy L. Archuleta

Journal of Financial Therapy

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Children learn through observing and interacting with their parents. Much of what children learn about money comes from these observations and interactions. An area of concern in parent – child relationships is the impact of boundaries and roles. Parents whose boundaries with their children are rigid and inflexible do not prepare their children to effectively deal with stress in their lives. Similarly, parents whose boundaries are too flexible may impede their children’s ability to develop appropriate coping skills. This is true of their development of personal finance, money, consumption, and debt coping skills. Financial enmeshment occurs when parents involve …