By Sheila Walkington, Co-Founder and CFO of Money Coaches Canada
Money lessons start at home. Children and lots of young adults learn by watching and imitating their grownups. Just like teenage driving lessons, it’s all too easy to absorb mom and dad’s bad habits when it comes to money management. When polled, 75.9% of young people cite their…
And where they can direct their attention instead
For two decades the term “carbon footprint” has been part of our cultural lexicon surrounding environmental issues. Most of us probably can’t even remember where we first heard it. That could be because it was a term created by Ogilvy & Mather—a famous ad agency—who had been hired by oil…
Walk like an Egyptian, tax like a Grecian
The wisdom of Ancient Greece extended beyond odometers, maps, medicine and democracy; it included a tax system structured to benefit all citizens and the entire community. Shocking. Humanity has come a long way since those days, but a return to Grecian tax practices would be a powerful way…
The kids are alright
It’s easy to reflexively blame smartphones and technology for changes in taste and culture, but the culprit is rarely that simple. Hours of homework and extracurriculars burden today’s students because the pressure to get into post-secondary schools is daunting. Additionally, our educational system seems to have gradually shifted more importance on science…