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New blog each week to help parents teach their kids about money.

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How Red Bull Makes Money

Teach your kids how Red Bull makes money so they can learn the importance of having more than once source of income.

5 min read

4 ways social media can stop your kids becoming wealthy

This blog sets out 4 ways social media can stop kids becoming wealthy and what we can do to help them.

6 min read

How to teach kids about Buy Now, Pay Later

Buy Now, Pay Later is popping up everywhere. We need to teach kids about it and help them understand why they need to avoid

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Frozen - The Money Version: Helping kids learn about spending

63% of adults overspend and are in debt (excluding mortgages). This story helps kids learn about spending sensibly using the movie Frozen.

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When kids ask"How much do you earn?"

Are you prepared for when a child ask "How much do you earn?". We need to make sure we don't shut them down and help them learn about money.

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Baby Boomers vs Millennials: The Financial Difference

There are many financial differences between baby boomers and millennials. If these trends continue, it will be hard for our kids.

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How Starbucks Makes Money (not just coffee)

Starbucks makes a lot of money from the Starbucks card. Find out how they are making over $200 million each year from the card.

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Why I feel sorry for Rich Kids

Rich Kids have lots of opportunities but if they aren't taught about money, they could face lots of challenges when they grow up.

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Teaching kids about Tax: Interactive Blog

This interactive blog will help your kids learn about tax as they have to find away to raise money for schools on a newly discovered island!

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The Misunderstandings (A story about investing)

With inflation at high levels, teaching kids how to invest their money is one of the best ways to look after their money.

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2 Reasons I’m happy the stock market has fallen

Since the start of the year, the stock market has fallen. I'm happy about this for two reasons which I explain in this blog.

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The Life of Scammer Charles Ponzi

To help my kids learn to look after their money, i told them about the life of the scammer Charles Ponzi.

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5 Clever Tricks Companies Use To Get Us To Spend More Money

To help our kids avoid spending impulsively, let them know about these 5 clever tricks companies use to get us to spend more money

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What lessons can we learn from bushmen about money? The Baboon Salt Trap

Like the bushmen, who teach their kids on how to set a Salt Trap to find water, we need to teach our kids how to look after money.

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How McDonalds REALLY Makes Money

McDonalds does just make money from selling burgers. So how does McDonalds really make money? Via franchise model and real estate

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3 Benefits of a 'No Money Day'

A No Money Day isn't about just saving money for one day. It's about appreciating how much we spend and rely on money.

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That 'Lucky Mother' Fable: Luck vs Skill

When it comes to money, we need our kids to understand the difference between what is luck and what is skill. This fortune fable will help!

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Explaining Dividend Investing To Kids

Teaching kids about the magic of dividend investing can get them excited about starting to save and invest their money now.

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Explaining NFTs To Kids

In this blog I help parents overcome the challenge of explaining NFTS (Non-fungible tokens) to kids.

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Breaking The Taboo: Gifting Money to kids

Giving children money on special occasions is 'not the done thing'. Yet, giving kids money has so many benefits. Things need to change!