5 Ways to Keep Your Kids From Spending Too Much
A major goal in teaching kids to be responsible with money is getting them to control how much they spend. If they can do this, budgeting is much easier, and…
Where Does Money Travel?
When your child works with a piece of money, the odds are pretty good that the money already has seen its fair share of the world, with your child’s piggy…
5 Reasons Your Child Needs To Spend
Saving has a rather ironic purpose: Your kids do it so that, at some point, they can spend. This activity has some big benefits, not only for your children’s money-education,…
5 Reasons Your Kids Should Shop at Thrift Stores
Although there are certainly times when you’ll want your kids to buy items brand new (shoes and underwear are perhaps two of the best examples), there are plenty of circumstances…
5 Things Your Child MUST Understand About Debt
As any seasoned parent will tell you, it doesn’t take kids very long to start asking for stuff. Eventually, they’ll learn that some things cost more money than they have….
5 Tips for Teaching Young Kids to Comparison Shop
Savvy adult shoppers will comparison shop before they make a purchase decision, but this behavior doesn’t happen automatically—it’s learned. Kids have the capacity to start doing it on a basic…
6 Tips for Saving Money for Back to School
There’s no doubt about it—you and your child likely will cough up a nice chunk of change to cover the expense of back-to-school supplies. Kids can use multiple strategies to…
bankaroo presentation @ SpiritVienna2014
A few weeks ago we had the pleasure of presenting bankaroo at the SpiritVienna event. You can see our session below and all the other sessions here.
7 Key Points to Teach Your Child About Retirement
Retirement can be a pretty abstract financial topic for kids to tackle, especially since it’s so far into the future. Still, they need to know what it is and start…
7 Tips for Getting Your Child Ready for His / Her First Job
Eventually, kids either want or have to start earning additional money outside of the home. In the United States, this is usually when they are somewhere between the ages of…