“When and why did you decide to pursue Financial Freedom” This is a question we frequently get asked. But while I’ve touched on some of our reasons in various posts – I’ve never written a post about how exactly we started our journey here because it’s a question that’s simultaneously easy…
Welcome to our final instalment on how to teach your kids about money. This week we are going to tackle what financial concepts to focus on with your pre-teen, as well as plenty of ideas for how to develop those concepts in ways that have real life applications. So let’s…
Welcome to an age where you will start to be amazed at how much your child is picking up when it comes to finance. If you’ve been working at steadily improving your child’s financial literacy, here is where you will turn to your spouse and utter in amazement “S/He is…
Last week’s post was all about laying the foundation for finance with your 0-4 year old. This week we are turning our attention to how we can teach our 5-7 years olds how to be money wizards! Ages 5-7 Years Here’s where the real fun begins! This is an age…
The vast majority of kids finance materials out there address how to teach your teens or tweens about money. The odd piece might address how to teach your 8-10 year old. Here at Freedom 101 we strongly believe in starting much, much earlier – because finance isn’t just about money,…
Full disclosure – this post is all about how to minimize your clothing, make-up and personal care budget, while still remaining “trendy”! If you aren’t into that stuff, or you don’t have a significant other whom you might be able to pass some tips onto who would be interested, you…
This week I am super excited to have our very first guest post here at Freedom101! Last year when I wrote about our ongoing analysis between choosing Public School, Private School or Homeschooling for our kids, Chrissy from Eat Sleep Breath FI, had some great comments and insight to offer…
Author: Mike @ Freedom101 As early as I can remember adults would ask me what I wanted to do when I grew up. I understandably had no idea how I wanted to serve my life sentence without the possibility of parole for 25-35 years, so I would often structure my…
Last week we talked about how great parents allow their kids to fail……intentionally. This week, I want to tell you about the perfect family finance learning tool that will give your kids the IDEAL environment to make mistakes, learn how to adjust and develop their ability to bounce back along…
After spending the last 5 weeks talking all about Early Retirement – I’m dying to get back into talking about kids financial literacy, and more ways for us parents to give our kids the tools they’ll need to lead a financially secure and fulfilling life. This week we’re going to…