Sofia is a master’s student in the Marriage, Family, and Human Development program at BYU. Her current research explores how finances influence couple relationships and how financial socialization shapes financial outcomes. Looking ahead, she plans to focus more specifically on poverty-related research, particularly how poverty impacts family finances, well-being, and relationships. After completing her master’s degree, Sofia will pursue a PhD. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with family, reading, and cooking—especially empanadas and churros.
Sofia Suxo-Sanchez
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Shalom Bayit: Finding Peace in the Home
The Jewish community has beautiful cultural practices and rituals that we can all learn from to foster positive outcomes in life, marriage, and parenting.[1] One example of these practices is the observance of Jewish Shabbat, or Sabbath (taking place from sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday). During this time, families can connect as they eat together as a family, receive blessings, or find time to prepare traditional foods together. Dr. Heather Kelley, Dr. LeBaron-Black, and their colleagues have found that this observance can bring family members closer together as it “fosters a sense of duty and unity” in the home.
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Do as I Say… AND as I Do: Teaching Children About Money in the Home
In a world with information readily available at our fingertips, we often forget about the power of teaching within the home. For example, although children could Google any financial question, what and how they learn about money from their parents (called financial socialization) is the top predictor of their future financial wellbeing.1 The financial literacy gained through these processes will inevitably benefit children later in life as it is applied in emerging adulthood.2,3 Why do children learn more about money from parents than from peers, media, work, or other sources? The home is where children spend most of their time, and the groundwork laid there can have long lasting effects on children’s attitudes and behaviors. There are three primary ways that parents teach children about money: modeling, discussion, and experiential learning.4
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