By Mark Heeter While listening to a podcast recently, I heard one of the guests talking about his philosophy on giving children allowance. Being something of a personal finance expert, he cited the two questions that most parents face when considering allowance: how much and at what age? But then he also described the way…

Photo by Bich Tran By Mark Heeter At the turn of each of the past three or four years, my son and I have had fun scribbling down resolutions, balling them up, stuffing them into a beer stein, and putting them into a cabinet. We pulled them out a few days ago to see how…

Photo by Bich Tran By Mark Heeter Think about beginners – beginners at whatever. We have an image of them in our mind. They have little or no experience. They don’t know what they don’t know, and we can picture them stumbling through a few missteps. Now think about experts, with vast amounts of knowledge,…

By Mark Heeter Photo by Oleksandr Pidvalnyi The early days It begins like most others, in its deep connection and relationship to my parents and family. My money story begins at around eight years old, when my father was laid off from the company where he worked for nearly 20 years. I remember that being…

By Mark Heeter Where to begin? I feel a bit overwhelmed by the number of ideas right now, not knowing exactly where to start, and not knowing exactly where the first steps will lead me, what corner of the big picture we’ll land on. As I think about it, though, this journey will begin with…