Personal Finance Blog Post

Family Finances: Teaching Kids About Entrepreneurship We live in a time when entrepreneurship is revered and celebrated. Families watch episodes Shark Tank, and HGTV teaches us about making money in lots of different ways.    In spite of the popularity of entrepreneurship in popular culture, not everyone is cut out [...]

Family Finances: Teaching Your Kids About Debt “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” - Matthew 6:24   Can you get rich? [...]

Family Finances: Teaching Your Kids About Credit Good credit is better than bad credit, that’s a fundamental truth. Like it or not, our credit and credit score impacts so many aspects of our lives. Good credit allows us to pay less for cars, homes and insurances, and bad credit can [...]

Family Finances: Teaching Kids About Budgeting Why do so many Americans struggle financially (two thirds of us are living paycheck-to-paycheck)? Is it because we don’t keep a personal budget? Maybe.   Is it because we don’t understand the principles behind budgeting? Probably.   While budgeting may not be the most [...]

Family Finances: Teaching Kids About Investing You want to raise financially savvy kids who go on to become financially successful adults. How best to make that happen?   Since even I zone out talking about budgeting and insurance, those are probably not the best topics to focus on. If we’re [...]

Family Finances: Teaching Kids About Maximizing Income A recipe for a happy life is this; earn as much as you can, save as much as you can, and give as much as you can.   Over the course of a 40 to 50 year career, it makes sense to try [...]

Family Finances: Teaching Kids about Cash Flow The tagline for the iconic action figure brand G.I. Joe was “Knowing is half the battle.” While “knowing” may not actually be 50% of what you need to successfully manage your money, it’s a big part of it.    On a scale of [...]

Family Finances: Teaching Kids How to Save Money Successfully managing family finances and teaching your kids how to save money is one of the most fundamental and important things you can do.    I can’t overstate the importance of what I’m going to talk about today; if your child is [...]

Family Finances: Teaching Your Kids to Give As humans, we’re exceptional at making things harder than they need to be.    For example, this post could probably be a lot shorter than it’s going to be. I could say “teaching your kids to give is a good thing” and you’d [...]