Teaching Kids About Money: Pocket Money, Saving, and Raising Financially Confident Children

Want to raise kids who are smart with money? Not sure when—or how—to start teaching your child about saving, spending, or investing?

In this episode of Get Rich, host Molly Benjamin sits down with Ana Kresina—financial educator and author of Kids Ain’t Cheap—to unpack how to raise financially confident, capable kids. From toddler tantrums in the supermarket to teenagers navigating their first paychecks, we cover it all.

You’ll learn:
✔️ The #1 mistake most parents make when it comes to money
✔️ How to teach toddlers the difference between wants vs. needs
✔️ Pocket money tips (and how to avoid reinforcing the gender pay gap)
✔️ Easy ways to explain investing and taxes to teens
✔️ Why letting your kids make money mistakes is actually a good thing

💡 P.S. If you're interested in setting up an investment account for your kids, check out our earlier episode: “5 Ways to Invest for Your Kids and Avoid the Tax Traps with Daisy Magor” – it's a perfect companion to this one!

Whether you're a parent, guardian, aunty, uncle—or just want to break the cycle of generational money stress—this episode will give you the tools to start the conversation early and make it stick.

👉 Listen now and raise the next generation of money-savvy humans.

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