Parents may be wondering how to start saving for their child’s college tuition. With college costs continuing to rise, a slow economy, and rising mortgage rates, many parents have put off saving for their child’s college. As a result, more students are going to college and borrowing money to pay for it. With that scenario in...
I recently read the book, The 5 Love Languages of Children: The Secret to Loving Children Effectively and discovered that one of my children’s love languages is quality time. With multiple children at home, it’s not always easy for parents to spend quality time with each child. Life is always moving fast and it seems like...
Teaching kids to save money is easy with some simple steps. Start them early and you’ll be sure to reinforce life long habits. Growing up, my parents always taught my brother and I to save our money. Saving money started first with collecting extra change and putting it in huge jar with our names on it....
Here’s the deal. My kids are what most people would call “privileged kids.” Not going to lie, they have it good. More importantly, they have everything I ever wanted as a child and more. A nice house, a nice car, the dog, and more. Most days I feel blessed that we can give them a good...
The other day, I was preparing for one of my most important talks yet- an explanation to all kindergarten students on what I do for a living in hopes to inspire them to accomplish great things in their lives. Yep, the career day talk. This was going to be interesting. For starters, I have three...