In any economy, it's a known fact that there are people who do unscrupulous activities to make money illegally by using other's people identities. Knowing this, you can teach your children some very basic precautions to minimize their risk for having their identity stolen and used against them when they get older. Here there are... [...]
Teens can do several things to find their place in a world full of other teens looking to do the same thing. There are two basic avenues teens can take to begin making money for themselves: 1) they can get a J.O.B. or 2) they can CREATE their own job by providing a needed product [...]
You know that show, "Kids say the dardest things?" Well, I thought I'd do my own version but do it around money. So, last night I sat down with Jessica, my neighbor, who I have known since she was 1 year old (I can't believe she's 12 now!), and we had a little chat about [...]
Are your kids asking lots of questions about what's happening in the world? Are they wondering why you are taking more care with the 'spending' part of your own financial equation. Here's a great short video that will explain visually, in very simple terms, what happened last year (or rather what culminated) to create the [...]
Someone forwarded a link to me today about Micropolix, a theme park in Spain I think, that, in their words, gives kids a taste of real life through 'kiddie capitalism'. Although I think they are on the right track, as are most of the ventures like this, I didn't see any aspect of this theme [...]
My dad passed away unexpectedly last year and, as emotionally difficult as it was to go through his things, the family was heartened to find that Dad had quietly done us yet one more huge favor. He left behind impeccable financial records and a one-page letter telling exactly where to find everything. His letter was [...]
What exactly IS the value of education? Well, the answer is a definite, "It depends..." It depends on what you do with the information. It depends on whether what you learned is relative to what you're doing. It depends on if you set an intention to learn the information for a specific purpose. It depends [...]