Has your brain ever been so saturated with thoughts that you render it useless? That’s what happened to me when I saw a bumper sticker on a car that read, “She who dies with the most jewels wins.” It evoked so many emotions all I could clearly think was, Ahhhh. When that went away, my next thought was That is precisely the kind of attitude that contributed to all the dark stuff of 2009. If my kids had been with me,…
Okay, so I got this great idea. One of the hardest parts parents have in getting their kids ready for their financial futures is knowing where or when to start. So I’m going to jump-start them. Give them the tools and the guidance they need to begin teaching the life skills of effectively managing money. For 15 days I plan on offering an activity that they will do with their kids. By the end of the challenge doing money will…
I was talking to a friend of mine recently about setting up an allowance program for her six-year-old daughter. Six is the perfect age to get an allowance going. Kids this age understand a lot about money and it’s time to start giving them some responsibility managing some so that they can begin to get into healthy habits. “She’s not interested in money at all,” my friend told me. “She doesn’t like to go shopping and never asks for anything.” I…
I can’t believe I have to add figure out Twitter to my list of things to do. What the heck? And I’m already behind the 8 ball, so the pressure is really on. That’s when it hit me. Ryan. He likes spending time on the computer. Why not have him do it? I’ll even pay him. And he can work when he wants for as long as he wants. So that’s what I did. I showed Ryan my Twitter account. …
For someone who is very interested in his money, mostly because he needs it to fill up his car with gas, Nathan does a pretty bad job of keeping his cash organized. He’s got some in his bathroom drawer, some on the floor of his room, some in his backpack, and some spilling out of the cup holder in his car. And who knows where else. So he decided the other day to collect it all and see how much…