by Elisabeth Donati | Nov 26, 2008 | Allowance News, Latest from Elisabeth
Allowances and Holiday Spending: Give the Gift of Financial Skills that Keep on Giving. It’s that time of year again. Time to ‘help’ your kids buy gifts (if you do gifts) for others. And by help, I mean help them literally and financially....
by Elisabeth Donati | Oct 2, 2008 | Allowance News, Latest from Elisabeth
As a parent, you may be very confused about how to dole out this thing called an allowance. But before you ever dole it out, you have to know WHY you’re doling it out. Here’s some questions to ponder before you put an allowance system, any system (The...
by Elisabeth Donati | Sep 30, 2008 | Allowance News
You may be thinking to yourself, “Is there something I can do to make sure my kids don’t move home after they move out?” In other words, you want a way to make sure they grow up to be financially self-reliant. I’m here to say, ‘Yes, there are some relatively...
by Elisabeth Donati | Sep 22, 2008 | Allowance News, Financial Literacy/Intelligence, Latest from Elisabeth
I’ve been thinking on this one for years. Parents have called and emailed me over the years, since I first created The Money Camp for Kids and Teens (now called Camp Millionaire) and told me that they want their children to learn the ‘value of a...
by Elisabeth Donati | Jul 23, 2008 | Allowance News, Financial Literacy/Intelligence, Latest from Elisabeth
A few weeks ago I got a call from Inc.com’s Tamara Schweitzer, one of the online magazines staff writers on the subject of “How to Recession-Proof Your Kids”. There were several great contributions to this article, including yours truly. It’s worth your time to...
by Elisabeth Donati | Jul 6, 2008 | Allowance News, Latest from Elisabeth
“The best defense is a good offense.” ~ Dan Gable, Olympic gold medalist and most successful coach in history. Imagine trying to teach your child to be a major league pitcher but never giving him a ball to throw, never putting him on the field, never giving him a...
