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Byline: Janita Poe
Aug. 5--Since getting his first job two months ago as a camp coordinator's assistant, Riah Greathouse has had a new attitude about money.
He budgets. He plans for major purchases. He even collects pennies around the house, wraps them and deposits them into his new savings account.
"He's actually been a little tight with his money," said his mother, Pat Greathouse, an investigator with the Fulton County Public Defender's Office. "He can spend mine, but he's not spending his."
Riah, 16, says working has helped him appreciate money. He's even reading up on the stock market and plans to invest soon. "Over the next few years I hope that anything I invest in goes well," he said, "so I can get more money." For parents and teenagers…