Managing a shared budget In our last two lessons on financial life skills (Relational Budgeting for Kids and Communication Skills for Kids) we used […]
529 plans: tax-friendly education expense planning In recent years, College Savings Plans -— also known as “529 qualified tuition programs” -— have become a very popular […]
Lesson #29: Choosing “Wanting” Over “Owing” Part 2 In our last lesson on Kids & Money, we took a bit of a different perspective — discussing the concept […]
Lesson #28: Choosing “wanting” over “owing” The old clichés hold true time and time again: there’s nothing out there that’s truly free, and “you can’t always […]
Weekly planning for life’s little disasters Last week my Monday morning did NOT start off right. There I was, happily driving to work with my favorite […]
Lesson 27: A “fast forward” example to show budgeting benefits In last month’s blog, we covered one of the most important financial life lessons your child can learn: how […]
A new parent’s tips for planning ahead Last month, my wife and I experienced the greatest miracle. We welcomed our new baby girl to our family! We […]
Lesson #26: Teach your Kids to Keep a Budget Today, we’re going to continue last week’s exercise of starting (and keeping!) a budget. Keeping a budget is THE most […]
Lesson #25: Budgeting for Kids Well, we are 24 lessons in to our financial life lessons for kids series — and we think it’s about […]
Budgeting time and money — a finite resource Both time and money are finite. Our lives are constantly changing. This means our lifestyle and our priorities are always […]
Budgeting Today, Saving for Tomorrow If we have nothing but a house payment, two car payments, three credit card payments, and four kids that require […]
Lesson 24: Time is Money (for your kids, too) We’ve all used this phrase at some point in time. But it’s true for us – and for our kids! […]
