Allowance :: Do Your Children Get One?

Tweet Allowance. It’s such a hot topic among parents with older children. Should allowance be given for completing household chores? Should it be given only as a reward for completing extra jobs around the house, or perhaps for not asking anything in return? Should an allowance be given to children at all? I do believe [...]

Teaching the Value of Giving

Tweet ‘Tis the season to be jolly, right? Well, the malls are crowded, it’s impossible to find a parking spot at Costco, and our bank accounts are slowly being depleted. Why? Because we let the importance of stuff overshadow what is really important. I am just as guilty as the next person. It’s easy to [...]

Teaching Kids To Be Financially Responsible

Tweet Our children do not receive a regular allowance, but do earn money in a variety of ways. (More on that another time.) In addition to earning money, they are very blessed to be recipients of cash gifts for birthdays and Christmas. As I mentioned the other day, Ray and I have taught them how [...]

Save Money With Nextag

Tweet Ray and I have taught our kiddos important money lessons ever since they were old enough to understand the concept of smart spending and saving. With the help of Nextag I decided to take advantage of the holiday shopping season to reinforce these financial lessons and make them more memorable by reminding our kids about [...]