Author: Marie

Grandma Rie’s 2015 Money Camp Plans

Teaching the next generation to successfully handle money and personal finances is normally a family responsibility. Although parents bear much of the burden to teach, train and model good personal finance, extended family members...

More Kids Making Money

When I was a kid in the 1950’s there weren’t too many ways to make a buck before you turned 18. At least, I didn’t know about many. Neighborhood jobs like lawn mowing or...

Kids Making Money

Most of my ancestors and relatives worked for someone else to make a living. So did I, in my main career as a Software Development Manager. Successful entrepreneurship was not demonstrated in my family,...

How to Teach Kids to Sell

Along with financial literacy, I think that we all need to learn effective selling techniques. Teaching how to sell is something that school typically doesn’t cover (even though many schools ask kids to sell in their...