Most money advice for families skips the hardest part: the actual parenting. It's easy to say "teach your kids about money" and a lot harder to know what to say at the dinner table, how much allowance is reasonable, or whether a 16-year-old should really open an investment account. I've wrestled with all of it in my own house.
My daughter Elliana writes the teen side of this site — the guides aimed straight at kids. I write the other half: the guides for us, the parents, who want to raise capable, confident young adults without lecturing them into tuning us out. Everything here is what's actually worked (and what hasn't) in our family.
Practical, parent-facing guides on the money moments every family with a teenager runs into:
Practical, parent-to-parent guides for raising a money-smart teen.
The new kids' savings account, the $1,000 seed, and whether to open one.
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