Do You Financially Support Adult Children?
It is an exciting day, albeit tinged with a bit of sadness, when our children leave home. Maybe they are off to see the world, heading to university or flatting with their mates. Does this mean we [...]
The Hidden Side of Financial Infidelity
We've read the stories in the media about financial infidelity where one partner has run off with the couple’s life savings, or has mortgaged the house without their partner’s knowledge to pay a tax bill. [...]
Teens and Money – Part 2
Teens and Money - a huge topic! In Part 1 we covered Responsibility, Accountability and Consequences, this week we’re talking about helping your teen build a money plan - not a budget. If your teenager [...]
Pocket Money for Children
The topic of pocket money (an allowance) for children can be a highly emotive topic. Even between parents there can be quite different views on this subject. The starting point before you even think about [...]
Teens and Money – Part 1
Teens and Money is a biggie so we’ve split it into two parts. This week we look at Responsibility, Accountability and Consequences. When it comes to teaching your teens about money, you are going to [...]
Money is Emotional, Even for Children
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 taste it. Our emotions have told us. Money is [...]
How do You Talk to Your Children About Money?
If you want to raise Financially Healthy Children, then you have to talk to them about money - warts and all. OK, but why do we need to talk to our children about money? There [...]
Keeping up with the Joneses?
Conspicuous spending or Keeping up with the Joneses and using money as a status symbol, used to be thought of as the prerogative of the rich and famous. Well not anymore. Why do we feel [...]
Children and Money Personalities
We all have a Money Personality. This is our behavioural style with our money. It doesn’t define us for life, it is just how we are with money right now. If you want to change [...]
Where are You on Kids and Pocket Money?
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 [...]