A couple of years ago, I was invited to a school to talk to the Yr 7 kids about the importance of financial education and during the conversation one of the girls said that she didn’t think she needed to learn about money because she intended to marry a rich man.

(Yes, I found my own ‘hand over the face’ emoticon for this article)

As parents, we try our best to educate our teenagers around the topic of money. But sometimes, our best may not be good enough and on such a critical topic we need to make sure we’re nailing it perfectly. Here are 3 counterintuitive money mistakes…

My daughter Kyra is now 14. I started the Kids Finance Initiative 4 years ago because I was worried.

If you’re reading this expecting another ‘amazing deal’, I’m afraid you’re going to be disappointed.

While I’m sure most of us would love to put this year behind us… maybe we shouldn’t be in such a rush to write it off.

Maybe we should take stock of what this year has taught us…

Aside from making sure that your kids benefit immensely from the learning, we do everything we can to make sure that your kids absolutely love the learning experience.
And our 3 classroom rules set the stage perfectly.

Here are some of the most common excuses we hear about why parents don’t want their kids to have a financial education – and our response.

Entrepreneurship programs are missing one key element – financial literacy.

While it is incredibly important to teach teens how to invest, it is equally important to ensure that they first have a good grounding in basic financial literacy.