Here’s the fourth of ten tips for making this a more relaxed and enjoyable holiday gift-giving season this year.

Gift-giving tip #4: Be generous. From our Money Savvy friends in Thailand – the true meaning of donate…really means invest!

Here are the links to Tip #1, Tip #2 and Tip #3 in case you missed them.

With all the conversation about “deflation” leading up to the Super Bowl this year, we thought we’d have a little fun and offer a positive twist.  To help your kids “re-inflate” their savings, we launched our Super Bowl Giveaway for your chance to win a Money Savvy Football Bank.  We are drawing names DAILY – so you have a great chance to win too!  But, the giveaway ends February 1st at Midnight, so enter now at: www.msgen.com.

Good luck!

I just finished my morning ritual – well, obsession.  Coffee, toast, email, FB and Twitter.  There is so much information that I did not know when I went to bed last night.

Ticks.  It’s the season. Did you know how many ticks there are and that they are on the rise?  I may not go out much this summer.

Schools.  Turns out my kids are in or have just graduated from what they call “party schools” – something that we did not hear about during freshman orientation. But not to worry, ‘cause the ROI (return on investment) is big.  Continue reading

That is a classic question I get all of the time. Most recently, it came from a teacher at Libby Elementary in Chicago, Illinois. She teaches our Money Savvy Kids curriculum to the low-income elementary students in her class.  Here is her question:

“This is the third year I have taught the program and always struggle w/explaining the purpose of investing to children whose parents are on welfare.  Often the role of short-term vs. long-term goals is hard for them to comprehend, so investing is incomprehensible. Has this ever been addressed?”

I answered her–as I answer everyone who asks this question–with my life story. It’s why I do the work I do today.

Here’s what I told her:

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