Parenting tips to help teach the critical ABCs of money management starting when our kids are young!  Do you feel like you are your kid’s ATM machine? Does your child spend faster than he saves? Do you worry that you’ll still be delving out an allowance to your child when he is forty-five year old? If so, you’re [...]

Parenting advice to help kids learn money management during the holidays to have a brighter future Be honest… Do you often feel like you are your kid’s ATM machine? Does your child spend faster than he saves? Do you worry that you’ll still be delving out an allowance to your child when he is forty-five [...]

Parenting advice to help kids become smarter spenders, stick to a budget, and learn the value of a dollar Do you sometimes feel like your kid’s ATM machine? Do you worry you may be giving your kid an allowance when he’s forty-five? Does your child spend faster than he saves? If so, you’re not alone. [...]

Parenting tips to teach kids financial literacy and to be smart spenders and consumers during the holidays Well folks, it appears that the “official” holiday shopping mania has begun. Those penny saver adds are life-size. TV commercials promising “sales of all sales” are non-stop. Black Friday sales hit a record high this week.  You and [...]

How to use those shopping outings to teach kids money management, financial literacy and sticking to a budget while curbing kid bickering and begging. REALITY CHECK: A study by researchers at the University of Vienna, Austria found that the influence children wield over their parent’s purchase decisions in stores are grossly underestimated. In fact, twice [...]