How FamZoo Can Help Kids “Own” Chores–While Teaching Money Skills!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 16, 2020 | Managing Money, Parenting Small Children, Parenting Teenagers

What if there were an app that could help your kids get more responsible with chores–and with money? We’ve been talking this month about emotional labor and mental load–how to balance all the details that women especially have running through our...

7 Ways to Teach Kids What Life Actually Costs

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 7, 2016 | Managing Money

How do you teach kids about money–so that they understand what life actually costs? Those of us who are blessed to be parents need to remember that we’re not raising children; we’re raising future adults. And one of the biggest ways that adults get...

Don’t Buy Stuff You Can’t Afford

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 27, 2009 | Managing Money

Every Friday my Reality Check column appears in several newspapers. Here’s today’s, which is based on a blog post from last weekend. I’m Canadian, so it’s from that point of view, but maybe it will encourage some of you Americans, who are...