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Reconciling Your Checkbook. A simple but not so simple task.

May 23, 2009

Since 2002, kids ages 10-17 have been coming to our Camp Millionaire programs (originally called Money Camp for Kids) in the summer in Santa Barbara and other cities around the US and even internationally. We teach and expose them to lots of great information related to money, income, starting businesses, managing their money with a [...]

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Teach Kids to Set Goals with Dream Boards

December 28, 2008

Teaching kids the power of manifestation is the best way to teach them to be fully self-reliant and responsible for themselves. Building dream or vision boards is just one of teaching this concept to kids of almost any age in a fun, family-oriented activity.

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Money Game for Kids

November 22, 2008

If you’re going to be buying them presents anyway, why not buy them the gift of freedom…financial freedom at that! Besides giving your child the all important Ultimate Allowance, games are fabulous as teaching tools. Here’s six financial games that will teach your young ones a thing or two about money. 1. Cash Flow for [...]

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Home School Your Teen to Financial Success

October 1, 2008

By adding financial literacy to a home school curriculum, parents can help to educate their children for future financial success. Current statistics show that public schools are horribly lacking when it comes to financial education. Considering the fact that surveys show over 70% of young adults turn to parents as a primary source of their [...]

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Financial Ups and Downs…What to do.

September 23, 2008

As with everything in life, things go up and then go down. You can liken it to a wave. Just like when you put water in a glass and set it down on a flat surface (our definition of flat), the level of the water will eventually level out. And, just like the glass of [...]

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Recession proof your kids

July 23, 2008

A few weeks ago I got a call from Inc.com’s Tamara Schweitzer, one of the online magazines staff writers on the subject of “How to Recession-Proof Your Kids”. There were several great contributions to this article, including yours truly. <a href=”http://www.inc.com/articles/2008/04/recession.html”>It’s worth your time to check it out</a>), and this is especially true if you [...]

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Successful 3-hour Family Reunion Program

July 11, 2008

Today I had the wonderful pleasure of having 13 sets of bright eyes in a private Camp Millionaire program for a family reunion in Santa Barbara. What a delight. Their ages were 9-18 and it worked fine (except for one adorable little girl who just needed a little help with the addition part of the [...]

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Teaching bassackwards. Financial Literacy should be the LEAD

July 8, 2008

Just a thought… What if our kids learned about math in school from their financial literacy classes? What if our kids learned about writing by preparing amazing business plans that could actually be funded and turned into real businesses to set the kids on incredible journeys of self-reliance, doing great and providing for others? What [...]

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Fourth of July – Let Freedom Reign

July 3, 2008

The month of July for most American’s conjures up images of loud, flashy fireworks, friendly back yard BBQs and the thrilling sound of our national anthem, “Our country ’tis of these, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.” America was built on a solid foundation of freedom for all, with the additional caveat that [...]

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Your presenter’s stance!

June 30, 2008

In order for people to believe your words, your stance must convey a sense of trust about you.

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