by Michele Borba | Jan 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
How to use everyday shopping outings to teach kids money management, financial literacy and sticking to a budget while curbing kid bickering and begging REALITY CHECK: A study by researchers at the University of Vienna, Austria found that the influence children wield...
by Michele Borba | Jan 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
Parenting tips to help teach the critical ABCs of money management starting when our kids are young! Do you feel like you are your kid’s ATM machine? Does your child spend faster than he saves? Do you worry that you’ll still be delving out an allowance to your child...
by Michele Borba | Aug 14, 2012 | Materialism, Parenting
Parenting advice to help kids become smarter spenders, stick to a budget, and learn the value of a dollar Do you sometimes feel like your kid’s ATM machine? Do you worry you may be giving your kid an allowance when he’s forty-five? Does your child spend faster than he...
by Michele Borba | Nov 28, 2011 | Materialism
Parenting tips to teach kids financial literacy and to be smart spenders and consumers during the holidays Well folks, it appears that the “official” holiday shopping mania has begun. Those penny saver adds are life-size. TV commercials promising...
by Michele Borba | Jul 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
By Michele Borba REALITY CHECK: The National Retail Federation predicts that 85 percent of shoppers will reduce spending–a decline of about 8 percent from last year.[i] In just a few weeks those school doors will open which means it’s once again it’s time to...
