I have to tell you something: no matter how many books one publishes, it’s ALWAYS exciting! That said, the official blog tour for my upcoming picture book, I Am Today (POW! Kids Books), is underway – even though the book isn’t even out yet. In case you missed my explanation a couple of Fridays ago, the publication date has been delayed until Dec. 21 due to that nasty shipping/supply chain crisis you keep hearing about. So instead of the orginal date of Oct. 5, it got pushed out til Nov. 30…and then that publication date got pushed out! Yet,...

Hosted by: Chad Jones November, 2021 As parents discuss needs vs. wants with their children, this discussion leads to defining two concepts – quality of life and standard of living. In this episode, we discuss these concepts and how they relate to one another but are not connected. In this episode we cover: What is a high standard of living (2:33) Can the quality of life be defined by the things you own (5:48) Chad’s definition of quality of life (8:45) Having breathing room in your finances is the definition of rich (10:23) Can you have a low quality of life and a high standard of living or vice...

Hosted by: Chad Jones November, 2021 We talk about Lesson three in this episode, which Chad likes to call “Show Me the Money.” We define income and expenses using the lemonade stand business model to provide some tools to help parents remove the shroud of mystery from family finances. In this episode we cover: Jon, Chad & Robin share their experience with family finances growing up (2:36) Removing the mystery from home expenses (7:07) Having a budget makes defining Income & Expenses easier (9:25) Make the income and expense conversation real by using the lemonade stand example (14:07) Discuss scaling the lemonade business model to tie in the lesson of emotion...