Building Financial Responsibility: Helping Kids Make Smart Spending Decisions
Learn how to teach kids smart spending habits that build lifelong financial responsibility. Explore practical strategies for distinguishing wants from needs.
An Awesome Opportunity to be Considered for “Shark Tank”
Do you or your kids have a good idea for an invention you’ve been incubating for a while? Maybe you’ve even written a business plan? Now’s your chance to see that invention come to life by trying out to be on the ABC hit series “Shark Tank” which airs Fridays at 8 ET. The show…
Kids Driving You Crazy? 14 Ways to Put Them To Work
We’re fully into the lazy days of summer – have your kids driven you up the wall yet? Maybe they’re playing video games or begging for expensive activities. What can you do about that? Entrepreneur Sarah Cook has the answer – put them to work! Besides giving them a little cash in their pockets, you…
Is Your Kid the Next Steve Jobs?
Our country is at a crossroads. Some of our capable kids will jump on the entitlement bandwagon and let the government (i.e., the taxpaying producers) take care of them through the welfare and unemployment systems. The rest of the kids will take their future in their own hands and learn to become producers themselves, like…
20 Thoughtful Questions for Business Leaders
Last post, I wrote about an awesome idea for helping spark an interest in capitalism and business principles in your kids by taking “Business Trips” as vacations – as suggested by Raising CEO Kids’ Sarah Cook. Today, Cook gives us the questions to ask these business figures once you secure the meeting. They will help…
A Unique Vacation Idea for Your Family – You’ve Got to See This!
I wrote recently about vacationing away from the crowds in Southwest Colorado. Today, I have another idea that comes from Raising CEO Kids’ Sarah Cook. Cook suggests taking business trips – with your kids! But not like you might be thinking. Instead of riding roller coasters or camping together, plan your destinations around people for…
10 Ideas for a Fun, Cheap Spring Break
If your family is like my family, a big ski trip or beach vacation for Spring Break just isn’t going to happen, at least not this year. With 5 kids in the family ranging from almost 3 to 15, we are constantly challenged to find fun family activities that everyone will enjoy so here are 10…
Life Lessons from the Kitchen for Your Kids
As parents, we are always trying to find ways to give our kids appropriate responsibility to help them learn important life lessons. Raising CEO Kids founder Sarah Cook found a great venue for these lessons in her home: the kitchen! After a family meeting, the team decided to implement several new practices that help save…
5 Tips for Raising Money-Savvy Kids During Tough Times
When medical bills, lay-offs and furloughs hit Sarah Cook’s house, she turned the family’s “belt-tightening” into some great life lessons for her kids. Cook is the founder of Raising CEO Kids and the mother of three young entrepreneurs. Each of her children have figured out ways to bring in some extra money for themselves while…