Children
Helping your children value money and savings.
How to save money on school lunches (part 1)
School lunches don’t have to cost the earth. Unless my children are one of a kind, they really aren’t as fussy as advertising and the like make them out to be. Mine would be more then happy if I let them eat vegemite sandwiches for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
But besides that, it does get difficult [...]
Back to school money saving tips
The thought of the children returning to school can often make any parents stomach churn. Books, shoes, latest bag and that’s only to start.
There is a way of making your money go further and saving on the expenses but you need to be willing to spend money to save it.
How?
The best way to put it [...]
How to teach your kids about money the easy way
Everyone wants the best for their kids. They want their kids to be able to have good relationships with their peers, be reasonably human throughout the teenage years and end up on the other side as a responsible adult.
Teaching your kids about money is one of the most important ways to ensure your kids get [...]
Can you afford the costs of having a pet?
My brother has wanted a dog for as long as he can remember. He begged my parents for about five years, and eventually gave up in the face of unusually stern resistance on the behalf of the Parental Unit.
Beyond the work involved in having a pet, a large part of The Unit’s resistance is [...]
Money advice I wish my parents had taught me
It pains me to write this article. I know that at some point in the near future, some member of my family will pass by this page and gleefully print out this article and give to my olds as a Christmas present. After all, how often does it happen? There, in print and in the [...]
Read more »Savings Accounts for Kids and Simple Savings Plans
Teaching your children about saving money is the best thing you can do from them but above all, they will learn from watching what you do. So remember, instilling good money saving habits in your children is never as case of “do as I say, not as I do”.
Start a bank account for your children [...]


