Teaching Self-Sufficiency is Harder than Helping
Tying your 4 year old’s shoe is easier than teaching her how and listening to her cry with frustration each time she struggles with the task. But, do you want to be tying her...
Tagged: kids & money
How to Teach Your Kid About the Stock Market
In November, I gave some picks for all of you on the best buys for teaching children about money. Since I had already used the ideas I gave you, I had to come up...
How to Teach Your Child About Credit
In Prepare Your Child to Leave the Nest , we talked about the need to teach your kids the mechanics and values related to money. As we noted, it is a process, not an event. Over...
Prepare Your Child to Leave the Nest
Most everyone experiences a downgrade in their lifestyle when they leave the nest. As children and teens and even as young adults, we are immersed in the lifestyle of our parents. That becomes our...
Grandma Rie’s 2012 Money Camp
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...
My Classroom Economy – a Financial Literacy Program from Vanguard
Have you ever wished that schools in the US would provide more in the way of personal finance education? Some school districts do require financial literacy classes, but they typically don’t occur until high...
Get Involved in Your Grandchild’s Personal Finance Education
The American Dream – if you work hard you can do well. We want our children to have better lives than we do. Yet we still leave personal finance education pretty much up to...
Making Compound Interest Real for Your Kid
Every year I try to add to what my kids are doing with their kids on the personal finance front, by holding a week long Grandma Money Camp. This year I introduced interest...
Teach Your Kids About Money
Grandma’s Money Camp -Teaching my grandchildren personal finance. I’m building my bridge to the next generation and helping my kids teach their kids personal finance by holding an annual Grandma Rie’s Money Camp for...
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...
