How to Teach About Money
Each year I supplement my grandchildren’s financial education with a one week day camp I call Grandma Rie’s Money Camp. This year I am spending several days in July preparing for that one week...
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Financial Fables – A Slave for Great Black Bear
Once upon a time, in the great wilderness, there lived a family of foxes. Mama Fox, Papa Fox, Brother Fox and Sister Fox. Mama and Papa Fox built a snug, safe den to keep...
Death and Dying
Overcoming the Inheritance Taboo – How to Preserve Relationships and Transfer Possessions by Steven J. Hendlin, Ph. D. Death is not a popular family dinner conversation. Most people avoid discussing the death of a...
Financial Fables – A Mouse in the Cellar
Long ago, in the small country town of Wealthville, lived two families. Both families were hard working and planted their fields with many different kinds of plants. They had potatoes, turnips, carrots, corn (and...
Mother-in-law
Family Money Values is primarily concerned with generations of family members passing their values and assets on into the future. In order to do that, a family has to have some future generations –...
Family Meetings
Teach each other using family meetings by holding them with your adult children and grand children. A multi-generation family meeting can be a great forum to guide your adult children and to learn from...
Summer Money Camps
Schools are letting out and parents everywhere are wondering what to do with the kids all summer. Day care expenses mount and the experience gets boring for the kids. Many parents choose to provide...
Why Is It So Hard to Talk to Family? Cross-generation Family Meeting Tips
Have you ever had a difficult time talking about sensitive subjects with your parents or your children? I am an experienced meeting facilitator. In my role as an information systems project manager I have...
Should You Share Your Financial Situation with Your Children?
Money may well be the last taboo. Many people are very uncomfortable discussing their finances with anyone – even their accountant! Sharing information with your offspring about your finances may be too much for...
How to Travel With Your Parents – and Your Children – and Their Children
One of the goals of Family Money Values is to explore what it takes to build a longer term view of family – to build a legacy that lasts for several generations. In our...
