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AOA 035: How to Turn Your Kids into Smarter Shoppers – With Consumer Expert Guest Trae Bodge

You’ve taught your child to save and share … but how about to spend smart? Trae Bodge can help you tackle this important step in any money-smart journey! An accomplished lifestyle journalist and television commentator, Trae specializes in smart shopping, personal finance, parenting, and retail.

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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.

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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.

Art of Allowance Blog for Parents / Lifestyle / Parents of Tweens and Teens / Parents of Young Kids / Podcast

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, …

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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.

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The Diderot Effect: 4 Simple Ways to Help Your Kids Avoid Cascading Costs

I remember when my daughter made her first club soccer team. It was an exciting time and a definite upgrade. Well, certainly an upgrade from her previous coach (yours truly). …

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AOA 020: How Science Can Help Us Make Better Money and Time Decisions with Our Kids (and Ourselves) – With Guest Ashley Whillans

“Money is definitely just a small part of the happiness equation.” -Ashley Whillans Want to know how money impacts happiness (and how you can talk to your kids about it)? …

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This Is Why Teaching Kids That Stuff Is Impermanent Matters

“Let all your efforts be directed to something, let it keep that end in view. It’s not activity that disturbs people, but false conceptions of things that drive them mad.” …

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Generation X — The Credit Card Kids (With Parents Who Didn’t See It Coming)

If you went to college in the early 90s, then you’ll likely remember getting an offer from MBNA in the mail. MBNA merged with Bank of America over a decade …

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3 Things I Learned Raising Money Smart Kids

There are three important things that I learned while teaching my kids money smarts. Money Smart Lesson #1: There Is Very Little That We Truly Need My kids chide me …

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