The Heck With the Joneses: Understanding Financial Peer Pressure

As a parent, you probably realize that your child’s friends influence their thoughts and behaviors in many ways. Have you considered how it affects their attitudes toward money? While peer pressure is not just an adolescent thing, we know that teens are particularly susceptible. As young people start forming identities separate from their parents and […]
Drowning in Debt: As Gen Z Struggles, How Do We Prepare Generation Alpha?

Debt is a reality for most Americans. It is something we all try to avoid, but not many can succeed in living life debt-free. For those of us that are parents, we’re not just worrying about our own debt but about the debt or potential debt of our children. College-aged kids are already in the […]
The #1 Thing You Can Do to Guide Your Teen to Financial Responsibility

THE IMPORTANCE OF PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY Hi! My name is Lori and I’m the founder of Wealth Building Academy for Teens, a four-module, self-paced course that helps prepare teens to make responsible financial decisions. I’m passionate about helping teens learn how to earn, save, budget, and spend so that they have a strong foundation for […]