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An insightful blog for parents with recipes, healthy eating tips, guidance on how to deal with bullying, and other parenting advice.
How to teach your kids to manage money
It can be tempting to pay all your child’s expenses and buy them what they need. But you could be missing out on valuable opportunities to teach them about money.
How to teach children about financial planning
Financial literacy is not a subject taught in most Australian schools. So you may want to give your children a grounding in money management. But how do you teach children the principles of financial planning in a way that’s easy to grasp?
How to deal with bullying
The statistics show that bullying is a serious problem in Australian schools.
According to Relationship Australia, 25% of students experience bullying at some point during their schooling years. An estimated 45 million bullying incidents occur in Australian schools each year, affecting around 218,000 people.
8 clever school lunch ideas
Packing an enjoyable lunch for your child can be challenging, especially if they’re a picky eater. So how can you ensure lunch boxes don’t return home uneaten?
How to limit the effect of ads on your child’s spending
Kids are constantly bombarded by advertising. It can be direct advertising like the internet or television, or more subtle like windows displays or their friends telling them to try a product.
Are you worried about your child’s screen time?
How much screen time to allow your child is a difficult choice, and it doesn’t help that nobody seems to agree on how much is too much either.
Five tips for healthy school lunches
As a busy parent, packing your child’s school lunch can be a hurried exercise that results in a lunch box filled with unhealthy foods.
Here are five lunch box tips for ensuring your kids enjoy a healthy school lunch.
A young girl achieves her savings goal with FLX
Here is a fictional example of how families can use FLX to help their kids learn to earn, save and spend.
By the time Alice and Mark decided to have a child, Trixie, they had learnt a lot about managing money, setting a savings goal and planning for your retirement. They were excited to teach Trixie about money from a young age.
Teach your kids to save by starting small
Some people think saving small amounts of money is not worth it, so they don’t bother. But any savings is better than none, and those small amounts can grow into a sizable sum in the long term.
Five ways to ensure your family’s financial security
People often realise they need to take care of their family’s financial security if they’re no longer there, but it’s equally important to take care of their financial security when you are there.
How to choose a super fund
Up to July 2022, employees had to earn a minimum amount to qualify for super. But now employers must always contribute a portion (currently 10.5%) of employees’ ordinary-time earnings if they meet the above conditions.
How to model good money habits to your children
“Do as I say, not as I do” is usually not the best approach to take with kids. That’s because children pay more attention to your actions than your words.
You may not realise it, but they are also aware of your money practices. If you push your kids to spend less and save more but do the opposite, they’re more likely to adopt your bad money habits than follow your instruction.
Teach your kids the difference between an investment and a scam
Children are trusting, which makes them more susceptible to falling for scams – which criminals are sadly willing to exploit.
How to challenge your kids to spend less
At FLX, we talk a lot about how to get kids to save more, but there’s another good money habit to instil in your child – spending less.
10 ways teens can earn pocket money
Some parents may welcome their teens earn pocket money by contributing to the household. Others may not require their teens to do chores. Either way, encouraging your teens to try a few jobs could help them make better career choices as they grow up.
Why you should include your kids in family budgeting discussions
Most parents think they shouldn’t saddle their children with grown-up issues like household finances.
But whether you openly discuss it with your children or not, kids are impacted by money matters.
How to teach your children to save
One of the best ways to teach your children to save from a young age is by creating a simple yet enticing system for them to follow.