Have you ever noticed that boys seem to be constantly in motion? They can’t sit down for more than six seconds at the dinner table before they are up and moving, and always seem to be going some direction, or fidgeting or generally trying to be any place other...
As I was preparing to write this post tonight I was also getting the kids to bed when I was confronted by the frightening image you see posted here. This is a boy. A boy wants to be a force to reckon with and if that means wearing a Sith Lord mask, a Hulk fist while...
As kids get older, the National Bank of Dad dynamic will likely change. Kids will want more money for more stuff and for more expensive stuff. Plus, they will be old enough to have their own actual bank account, and usually by the time they are 12 they are asking for...
Part of teaching our kids financial intelligence is letting them make mistakes and live with the consequences of their decisions. We have to do this as adults (unless you’re a politician, then you can blame someone else), so our kids should learn it as well and...
It doesn’t really take kids that long to grasp the concept of money. They see you pull money out to buy things and quickly figure out that your money can buy things for them. But for the National Bank of Dad (or mom and dad, or mom, or whatever) to work, your...
When I was in high school, I thought money was what you needed to be cool, to get the hot car, to get the hot chicks. I even had a personal experience that taught me this lesson. One day while walking to school, one of the neighbor teens came driving by in his brand...