Reach For The Stars: In a nutshell
I’m really excited to present this post in the Nutshell series! Reach for The Stars was written by a physician- Dr Michele Cho-Dorado- and it always makes me immensely proud to shine a light on the amazing work our colleagues put out, outside of doctoring. When I was doing some work in the realm of […]
How To Hire Your Kids the Right Way
There was an overwhelming response to the post on How to Open a Roth IRA for Kids. To do so, your child needs earned income. What better way to accomplish that than them working for your own small business? Today, let’s focus on how to hire your kids the right way. Why Work? Hiring your […]
The Opposite of Spoiled: The 5-minute Version (Part 2)
Today we continue our 5-minute version of The Opposite of Spoiled, Ron Lieber’s outstanding book on raising decent, grounded kids with good values around money and life. If you missed Part 1, catch it here. In about 6000 words, I cannot do justice to a book of this stature. It is so well written, so […]
The Opposite of Spoiled: The 5-minute Version (Part 1)
I first read this fantastic book a couple of years ago and was blown away by all the smart, practical tips in it for parents looking to raise kids who are “grounded, generous and smart about money”. I wanted to condense it for you, because it should be required reading for every parent, for you […]
How To Teach Your Preschooler About Money
As parents we want to make sure that we’re getting our children ready for the world, almost as soon as they’re born. Financial savvy is somewhere right at the top of that list. The good thing is, kids do begin to learn very early on. So we can begin to teach them the principles of […]
How to Raise A Financially Responsible Child
As parents, we want the very best for our children, in every walk of life. We want them to be prosperous- in the widest sense of the term. Money may not be top of that list, but it’s certainly somewhere up there. All of us would like to raise a financially responsible child. How do […]
How to Open a Roth IRA for Kids
Last year, I hired my kids to model for this blog. That evidence is all over this site. Their earnings from this gig is modest, though a tad better than the $6 from their lemonade stand last summer. So, I thought I’d open a Roth IRA for the kids and make their contributions for 2019, […]