AOA 028: How to Have More Fun and Less Stuff This Holiday Season with Guests Guinevere Higgins and Kelley Dennings of New Dream
Shift the focus from things to experiences and rituals with great advice from New Dream.
AOA 027: How Over $100k in Student Loan Debt Sparked an Educator’s Passion to Teach Financial Literacy to Families (Including His Own) — with Guest Kyle Osborne
Kyle Osborne, the Director of Financial Literacy at TS Institute talks with John Lanza on The Art of Allowance Podcast
How an Allowance Can Help Us Teach Our Kids (and Ourselves) to Experience More Gratitude
You can use your allowance to help instill values you’d like to see in your kids.
AOA Small Change 002: What Does the Term “Money-Empowered” Mean to You?
In this second installment of our shorter-format episodes — which we call “Small Change” — I explore the term “money-empowered.” This concept is a stated goal of The Art of …
What the Allowance Survey from AICPA Gets Totally Wrong (And Very Much Right)
I think the AICPA misses the point of allowance by claiming that savings rates are “alarmingly low.” (If I give them the benefit of the doubt, they might have been trying to stir up some controversy — like I’m doing with the title of this blog post.)
AOA 026: Facing Your Fears, Working to Earn and Having Money Conversations with Your Kids – With Guest Ruth Soukup
“It is so hard for parents to let their kids fail, to let their kids screw up. […] It really is one of the most important things that you can …
Allowance Guidelines vs. Rules with Thoughts from Barbara Coloroso’s Book About Raising Children, kids are worth it
“Kids who are consistently bribed and rewarded will spend a lot of energy trying to figure out what they can do to please (or upset) their parents, and they will …
AOA 025: Materialism, Well-Being and the Human Value System – With Guest Tim Kasser
“In this culture or today, we’re taught over and over that one of the best ways to show that we’re successful, one of the best ways to have a happy, …
Keep It Simple to “Spark Joy” with Your Art of Allowance Program
Keep your system simple, and begin that all-important lifelong conversation about money with your kids. Let them learn the basics and perhaps learn how to use money to “spark joy” for themselves.
AOA 024: College Funding and Financing 101 – With Guest David Flores Wilson
“What people do with the […] funding and financing decision on college and where they send kids – you know those financial effects just reverberate for decades both for the …