by Lori Atwood | May 1, 2017 | Financial Fitness
There’s a fair amount of chatter on social media and articles being written about how life is about experiences and not stuff. I couldn’t agree more and I’ve written about it before. There was a great article in the New York Times about it just a few...
by Lori Atwood | Jul 14, 2015 | Financial Fitness, Teaching Children about Personal Finance
Children learn what they see. If you yell, they yell. If you eat a lot of sugar, they will eat a lot sugar, and if you model certain money behaviors, they will, too. It’s important to model healthy money behaviors all through your child’s life. I’m sure it...
by Lori Atwood | Apr 1, 2015 | Financial Fitness, Teaching Children about Personal Finance
“Can we afford another child?” My answer is different than certain celebrity money people. Here it is: Money is not a contraceptive device. Do not try to use it as such. Having a child (or another child) is an emotional decision only. The rest are details to be...
by Lori Atwood | Sep 11, 2013 | Financial Fitness, Teaching Children about Personal Finance
Budget, is not a bad word. It means you have a certain pool of resources and you have to figure out how to distribute those resources so they last as long as you need. If you cringe when you hear the word budget, your child will get that energy from you and feel the...
by Lori Atwood | Aug 27, 2013 | Financial Fitness, Saving: Retirement & Other
1. DO – Make a List of Everything You Need. Do not get sucked into impulse buys or surprised by urgent needs at the last minute. Include clothes, shoes, sports gear, and activity fees your child needs for the start of school, not just pencils and pens. When...