4 Ideas for Cheap Summer Fun with Kids

For school-aged kids in the US, summertime is the best time of the year. After 9 months of intense learning, having a multi-month break from school is just the thing any kid needs — or at least, it was for me.  With that said, summer vacation isn’t necessarily a relaxing time for everyone in the … Read more

5 Money Lessons My Mom Taught Me

Like every kid, I learned a lot about money just by being part of my family. Some of those lessons were taught to me directly, and some things I learned by watching, indirectly. Since Mother’s Day is coming up, I thought it’d be fun to reflect on what I learned about money from my mom, … Read more

3 Tips to Make Filing Taxes Easier

If you live in the US, then you might know that this is the time of year when we start getting copious amounts of tax-related mail (both physical and electronic). It’s also that time of year when we shove that tax-related mail in a closet (or leave it unread in our email inbox), forget about … Read more

My Journey with Allowance as a Parent

I grew up in a family that, for the most part, didn’t do allowances. Occasionally our parents would try to give us a quarter each week, but they never kept it up for long periods of time. The understanding was that our parents would provide what we needed, so we didn’t need much money of … Read more