Can We Help Our Kids Overcome the Desire for Things?
Desire is intoxicating. The dopamine hit we get is in anticipation of the reward. The reward itself is anticlimactic. How can we help our kids overcome desire?
AOA 038: Raising a Money-Smart, Commercial-Free Child – With Guest Josh Golin
Is it possible to protect our kids from rampant consumerism in a social media age? Josh Golin of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood helps answer this question.
Three Tactics You Can Use to Help Your Kids (and You) Weather Crises
When everyone in the family is in some form of crisis, we need effective ways to navigate the waters. Here are three tactics you can try.
Does the Allowance Maxim of “One-Dollar-Per-Week-Per-the-Age-of-Your-Child” Still Make Sense?
“One-Dollar-Per-Week-Per-the-Age-of-Your-Child” is simple. A parent hearing this piece of information can act on it almost immediately or file it away for easy access when it’s time to start an allowance. Like anything dogmatic, though, simplicity may also be its weakness.
Learnings from The Art of Allowance Podcast: Money-Smart Moments that Matter
Three “moments that matter” from The Art of Allowance Podcast that will help you and your family on your money-smart journey.
AOA 034: Is there a case for tying chores to allowance? — With Guest Cameron Huddleston
“I think it’s okay to let your kids make mistakes because that’s how we learn.”— Cameron Huddleston Is there a case for tying chores to allowance? If so, then Cameron …
AOA 032: Conversations, Questions and Self-Care — How Parents Can Help Their Kids Through a Crisis — With Special Guest Lucy Rimalower
Are you wondering how best to talk to your kids during a crisis? With coronavirus and COVID-19 dominating our lives, I thought it would be helpful to take a slight detour with this episode and talk to an expert about how we can have better conversations with our kids in the midst of a crisis.
AOA 031: Cultivating Intentionality and a Growth Mindset in Your Allowance Program – With Guests Mark and Kimberlee Barnes
Are you looking for ideas to incorporate into your allowance program? Then you’ll enjoy my conversation with Mark and Kimberlee Barnes, “The Not So Perfect Parents.” Mark and Kimberlee are …
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 …