Empower Your Kids With Financial Literacy
Who does most of the talking when you’re at your pediatrician’s office? More and more data is coming out that advises parents to let their children lead during their doctor’s…
Category: Talking to Kids about Money
Many parents would rather talk to their kids about sex than money. While I don’t disagree that talking about sex is essential. I think it is more likely that your child will be involved with money matters sooner and more often than sex. Here are some resources to get those conversations started.
Protect Your Kids Financial Mental Health
Financial literacy is starting to become a focal point in schools. For that, I’m very thankful. While I believe introducing financial concepts to students earlier would be more beneficial, I’m…
Are We Rich? What to Say When Your Kids Ask
Hey Mom, are we rich? Has your child asked you this question, or it’s opposite, “Are we poor?”. We have and it is a doozy. Here is how you can…
My parents didn’t talk to me about money – How? Part II
In my last post, I touched on the idea that you do not need to be an expert to talk to your children about personal finance. In this post, I…
How? Part I. I’m not financially literate
Let me address the elephant in the room. I am advocating that we teach our kids about money, but is based on a few key assumptions. In the next two…
Are you Wealthy?
What does it mean to be wealthy? Easy right? Being wealthy means you are rich, you have lots of cash, go on vacations and you can buy what you want…
I Let My Kids Gamble
Would you let your kids buy lottery tickets? How about playing the slots at a casino? Right now you are thinking, this guy is crazy. Who would introduce gambling to…
Things My Parents Didn’t Tell Me – Credit Debt
I’m very fortunate to have two loving parents who gave me more than I needed to succeed. They cared and provided for me both physically and emotionally, so this is…
Glass Celings
You will notice that most of my writing focuses on my son. Which made me start to think, am I treating my son differently with regards to money than my…
Why You Need To Stop Saying “We Can’t Afford It”?
How many of you have told your kids, “We can’t afford that” when asked to buy something for them? I have, well, that is to say, I used to. It…
The Real World
Who remembers the Cosby episode when they took all of Theo’s stuff out of his room and made him have a day in the “Real World”. Ok, I know what…
Life Skills
I have two underlying philosophies when it comes to how I parent my kids. If you ever meet me, you may hear me say this: “If I do everything right,…