Kids Buying Cars
My oldest daughter will be 16 in 90 days. She’s a good driver and I’m excited for her to get her license and help out with the taxiing. I’m also excited for her to save up and buy her own car.…
Should We Limit Kid’s Activities?
What we are about to discuss is a first world problem. We are blessed to live in a land where our kids can learn anything and be anything. The limitless possibility sometimes comes with a bucketful of guilt. I mean, what…
No More Mess! A strategy that really works
As usual, this post is about transferring responsibility to the kids. That doesn’t mean that we get to sit back and do nothing, but once this system is in place it’s much less stressful than normal. I couldn’t wait to go…
Music Lessons: Shifting Responsibility to the Kids
I’ve only heard of a handful of kids who were excited to practice for their music lessons, and I’m not completely sure the stories were true. When I was a music teacher my philosophy was simple. If you didn’t practice,…
What it Costs
A little housekeeping: Are you getting 2 emails from me every day? I’m sooo sorry for being annoying. I just figured out how to let my 6,000+ email subscribers get the blog posts, but 300 of you were already getting…
A few Bible Verses about Money
In a world where it’s popular to hate and protest the wealthy, I want my kids to look at money differently. I want them to manage what they have according to God’s principles, to remember that it all belongs to…
Why Little Kids Should Invest in Retirement
Darren and I spend 10% of our income on retirement savings. It’s a sacrifice for us to invest that much and really ought to be 15%. We are working towards that eventually, but it’s not easy with as many kids as…
Debt is Not an Option
We had a shift in our thinking 10 years ago when we followed Dave Ramsey’s debt snowball to kick $89,000 in debt to the curb in 3 months. We purposed then to never borrow again (except on a home.) When…
How to Teach Your Kids to Become Entrepreneurs
My goal for my kids is to learn to work hard, do their best work, and be able to create income even if traditional jobs aren’t plentiful. Helping them with their own businesses as children is one way we work on those skills.…
Meet Aspiring Kidpreneur, Brandon
Brandon turned 8 on the 5th of this month and hopes to launch his business this summer as a personal consultant on Kid Bedroom Organization and Interior Design. I’m going to be up front about this, Brandon is unusual. He was born…