The list of items to which your kids wants to buy is beyond anything that you could ever have imagined, but now is the time to give them a dose of reality in the form of perspective and priority. Everything they want is not necessary and some items may have priority over others. [...]
Each time I earned some money as a little boy, my mother used to say to me…”that money is burning a hole in my pocket.” She was referring to my insatiable urge to spend my new found wealth on the first thing that offered itself for sale to me. I had no reason [...]
Teaching kids to ride a bike is easy … if you have a bike for them to ride. Imagine trying to learn to ride a bike by only watching videos and with no bike to actually try your new found skill. So if you’re with me, then you can imagine to effectively educate [...]
If you remember asking your parents for money, then you probably have heard of the concept of money not growing on trees. However, translating the true value of money to kids is not as easy as the classic statement is to repeat to another generation. There are several methods of exposing money to [...]
Sharing is probably one of the most compassionate acts of the animal kingdom and kids are taught to share with others from the very beginning of their socialization. However, sharing can sometimes mean spending more money. And while spending money to share is not a bad thing, it is helpful to start with sharing [...]