Pigs and Bricks

05/23/2021

Have you heard about Greenlight? We've just started working with them to help families teach kids about money. They have a great debit card system and the ability to invest as well. Check them out here:

Greenlight® empowers parents to teach trade-off decisions, money management, and the power of saving with a special Greenlight app experience just for kids.

01/05/2020

Thanks for posting this article! I'm not sure I have a lot of great answers, but happy to share my thoughts!

An Interview With Dr. Ely Weinschneider

12/29/2019

Remember to let your kids play games. Ours love to play Monopoly and learn great lessons doing so. They even invent interesting side rules like bank loans and prepaying for discounted rents. By letting them explore the way money works, they learn important lessons.

10/09/2019

It's time to prep for Halloween... If you don't want to force your children to eat all their candy (haha), you might want to start asking them about where they might want to donate some of what they don't really want to keep. Have that discussion BEFORE they get the candy so it's easier to remove it on November 1st. It's a great lesson in giving, and the added benefit is getting some sugar out of the house.

07/18/2019

We just went to press with the Spanish version of our book!

12/16/2018

Fighting the "gimmies"? They are often accompanied with temper tantrums and cries of "I NEED IT!" and are as common as colds this time of year. One solution I like is to ask your kids to pick some of their toys they don't play with anymore to give away to kids who don't have any toys. Explain that your playroom is an outlier and most kids don't have many toys. If you're wondering how many to give away, a good rule of thumb is one per year of age. Not only will you make room for new toys, but you'll also teach a valuable lesson.

12/09/2018

Here's a great article by the "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" author -

As the holidays are just around the corner, parents will be welcoming home their college-age children who have been off getting that overvalued college education. I say all the time that we were taught to go to school, get a job, save for retirement. But there’s one lesson that seems to be left ou...

11/30/2018

The holiday season is around the corner. Have you thought about the lessons you want to teach your children about money? It's hard to teach without a plan - but now's a great time to start. There is an old Chinese proverb that says "The best day to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best day is today."

11/25/2018

I wrote this post a few years ago and it might be a nice way to combat the consumerism of the season:

Last year I wrote about one of my family’s holiday gift-giving traditions and wanted to revisit the idea this year before we get into the swing of the holidays....

11/25/2018

What messages are you sending your kids on Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday? What do you want them to learn? How can you spend 5 minutes with your spouse to come up with a solid plan to use this time of year to teach your children some great lessons?

03/09/2018

Great to spend some time with my YPO friends in Singapore!

Clint Greenleaf, CEO of HomePlate Peanut Butter, brought his passion for raising financially fit children to Singapore using a three-step plan of being aware, have a plan and adapt the plan. “The first step is realizing that our children are picking up lessons on money all the time – where we are deliberate about it or not,” Greenleaf explains. “Next, in creating a plan, you need to develop it with your spouse for each of your children, as each child is different and what motivates one may be different from another. Finally, be ready to adapt the plan as we all have great plans and ideas until life gets in the way."