It’s one of those traumatic moments that you can remember exactly where you were and what you were doing at the time the tragedy struck. On 9/11, I was dropping off my daughter at school, standing in front of the kindergarten playground when I heard our PTA President announce to everyone that the PTA meeting […]
My 20-year-old daughter earned a little money working as an intern for an engineering firm this summer. As she had to decide where to spend her hard-earned money, it was an exercise in clarifying her values while learning more about herself. She had no qualms about spending a sizable amount of money taking her little […]
How to stretch our dollar, spend wisely, and use our money to live our strong family values.
It’s that time of year – Back to School! Are we excited yet?? My daughter entered the big high school this year! It’s quite intimidating for her to walk onto a much bigger campus with big juniors and seniors. Whether your child is starting preschool or high school, at a new school or returning to […]
In this series on Teaching Children About Money, my practice is to maintain the primary control of money for my children while they are young. I don’t give allowances to my kids. I pay for everything they need and, within reasonable limits, just about everything they want. Both my parents and my husband’s parents raised […]
In the previous post, I talked about whether we should pay our children to do chores. I gave my take on it, which is not to say that it’s the perfect way to do it. The question now is, “If we don’t pay our children for regular chores, what about paying them for extra chores […]
