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Be a successful failure
Submitted by community on Thu, 21/08/2008 - 8:22pm
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It’s no different in fatherhood. Are you a successful failure? Or does your pride in not admitting your shortcomings build a wall between you and your children? The best thing you can do for your kids is say you’re sorry when you need to, and give them some freedom to fail as well. The idea is not to have a perfect family, but a learning family. And that can only start by admitting mistakes. Mark Brandenburg Mark Brandenburg MA, CPCC Fatherhood and Business
Submitted by community on Wed, 16/04/2008 - 7:00pm
I have no doubt that every father wants the best for his children, so we have to ask ourselves what does the "best" actually mean and what is it going to take to get there. My Business partner and I started our first Business three years ago, we were enthusiastic, ambitious and at that stage had the support of our wives. We had nice offices, great staff, great clients, flash cars and Business was going well, that was until the collapse of the Finance industry. With creditors trying to kick our door down the pressure came on big time. At that stage I had two children aged 1 & 3. In short the Business fell over and I was broken, we sold our house to fend off creditors, my marriage was suffering and my wife just gave birth to our third child. In that same week we found out that my father in law was diagnosed with cancer and had 4 weeks to live. Would You Know Your Kids' Answer To This Question?
Submitted by community on Wed, 20/02/2008 - 9:30pm
It might not be a bad time to ask your kids what their most important goal in life is. Based on the answer, you can help “direct” them towards creating a life that’s meaningful. As the awful news in the world around us mounts, we can help by parenting kids to be loving, kind, and responsible citizens. And if we can, it might not be too late. Warmly, Mark Brandenburg Mark Brandenburg MA, CPCC "Dad, I need some money..."
Submitted by community on Wed, 21/11/2007 - 8:17pm
When to teach Children about Money? Is it a dads job to do so?
Submitted by community on Sun, 07/10/2007 - 3:32pm
This is something that is close to my heart, being that I wasn’t taught what to do with money but I grew up around money and from a family with money! My grandfather had money and taught us to stand on our own feet and to earn it for ourselves, so at the time I thought he was “tight” but it means that through my teens and adulthood I have also been very frugal with money. Therefore I want to make sure Pyper grows up with an appreciation of money. It’s like water it slips through your hands very fast, so make sure you don’t carry too much at once. Activities with kids - make sure the penny drops!
Submitted by stefan on Tue, 02/03/2010 - 4:12pm
Dads get your money back - get cash for Baby Einstein DVDs
Submitted by stefan on Mon, 02/11/2009 - 5:54pm
Tips to Raising Financially Savvy Children - Free Video
Submitted by community on Sun, 27/09/2009 - 9:36pm
We've just received a media release from Vince Shorb at the Financial Educators Council about a give away they have just launched on their site. It's a video for parents on raising financially savvy children which is free for the first 10'000 people downloading it from the MoneySmartParent website. Here's what you do if you are interested: By Vince Shorb Helping teenagers with finances
Submitted by community on Tue, 08/09/2009 - 9:43pm
Here are some tips for parents to help increase financial awareness of teenagers. We got these from Vince Shorb who runs www.FinancialEducatorsCouncil.org. Five Tips to Teaching Your Teen Financial Independence 1. Ethics - Developing a high moral character will help your teenager earn more money, be a better job candidate and be an overall good person that people respect. In today’s society being a well respected member of the community will help them gain financial independence. The most wealthy and well-respected people are those with high ethical standards. Budgeting Tip - train sets and tracks
Submitted by stefan on Wed, 15/07/2009 - 2:26pm
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The successful entrepreneur has averaged four business failures in his lifetime. According to leadership expert John Maxwell, "Failure is the price you pay for success." The key is to fail well... meaning you learn from your mistakes.
Recently, the Pew Research Center asked 18 – 25 year olds what their most important goal was in life. 81% answered “to get rich.” Wonder where they get that value from?
Fathers everywhere struggle to protect their children against poverty. The fortunate ones manage to provide a certain degree of comfort and material security. Both groups try to fulfill what they naturally perceive as a fundamental role-that of provider. It seems to me that this role has tended to be all too easily minimized. It is as though in the effort to recognize the father who is affectionate, who acts as teacher and companion, and who is committed and interactive, the role of breadwinner has been neglected, if not actually ignored and even scorned. And yet fathers themselves have not forgotten this role, as evidenced by their vulnerability and distress when they fail to fulfill it adequately.
Money and Children sometimes go hand in hand depending on your wealth, If you’re like most families having a child means that your family will drop in wages, and usually the father will continue working. Why would you teach children about money? When is best to teach children about money? Who is going to teach them?
If you are interested in teaching your children to look after their money well you will like the following activity suitable for children 3 years and older (or whenever you can be sure they don't swallow stuff unexpectedly). If you haven't already got one, get your little champ a savings box (or make them one) - make sure you can get the coins out without having to break the box. Go to the bank and get $10 in various coins. Toss the coins on the floor or a table and get junior to put them in the savings box. Once they are all in, open the box and toss them out again, etc. This activity is great for practising counting and for introducing the concept of money (i.e. you can use "this coin" to buy a ball in the $1 shop). You can also use the coins to get your child to group them by colour or size etc.
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