This is a Smart Little Piggy Bank!
You've not seen a Piggy Bank like this. It's Fun, Smart, Rewarding and Simple! Over the past 4 weeks, our guest blogger, Will Rainey from Blue Tree Savings, has written a weekly blog about a [...]
Teach Your Kids About ‘The Joneses’
One of the main reasons many adults today overspend is because they try to ‘Keep up with the Joneses’. We all do it to some extent. I know I have. I once bought a new [...]
Teaching Your Kids About Debt
In the first blog of this ‘Money and Kids’ series, I highlighted that the most important piece for your kids to learn is to form great money habits. It’s the money habits that our kids [...]
The Most Important Money Lesson For Kids
What is the most important lesson to teach your kids when it comes to money? Simple. “Don’t spend all your money!” You give your little Johnny a chocolate bar and don’t say anything, they’ll eat the [...]
How to Teach Your Kids About Money – Part 2
This is Part 2 of How to Teach Your Kids about Money. Money is such an important aspect of all of our lives, yet, unfortunately being taught how to manage money not taught in most [...]
How to Teach Your Kids About Money – Part 1
Money is such an important aspect of all of our lives, yet, unfortunately how to manage money is not taught in most schools. Then it is on us, as parents / guardians, to teach our [...]
Teenagers and Money – part 1
The subject of Money and Teenagers is a biggie, so we’ve split it into two parts. In this first part we take a look at Responsibility, Accountability and Consequences. When it comes to teaching your teens [...]
Children Attach Emotions to Money – Just Like Adults
Logic causes us to think, but all our decisions are governed by emotions. Food is a classic example, when we see that sandwich or the chocolate cake or the donuts, we can already taste it. [...]
What Do You Teach Children About Money?
Financial literacy for children is a hot topic. Start them young so they learn to 'spend and save', is one school of thought. After more (great) feedback we’re continuing the very important topic of Children/Kids [...]
Kids and Cash
We had quite a lot of feedback after our last post about kids and money, so here’s more thoughts on the same topic. As I discovered when chatting to a group of parents about kids and pocket [...]