The ultimate guide to teaching your children the money skills they’ll need for life

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Dec 08, 2025

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We teach our kids to read, write and ride a bike. But we often skip one essential life skill: money management.

Learn how to start the money conversation with your kids in our latest course, How To Raise Financially Smart Kids. The course provides step-by-step guidance for instilling healthy financial habits early, teaching kids to save and spend wisely, and talking with them about big purchases like buying a car or house.

Whether you're hoping to teach the basics of money, prevent raising spoiled kids or instill entrepreneurial values, this course will help you give your kids the financial foundation they deserve. We'll share actionable tips for establishing a healthy money mindset, strategies to enforce healthy regular saving and child-friendly investment basics.

This course is designed for parents of kids aged zero to 18 who want their children to grow up confident, independent, and ready for the real world. Led by three seasoned experts, it'll guide you from starting your child's first bank account to teaching them skills like zero-based budgeting.

Our experts' practical strategies will help your children build financial habits that stick for life, from toddlers learning the value of a dollar to teens earning their first paycheck.

What you'll get: 

  • 85-plus minutes of instructional video content, broken into digestible lessons 
  • A workbook with additional exercises and examples 
  • Instant access to watch and read at your own pace 

This course can help you: 

  • Learn psychological techniques to help your children build better financial habits and develop healthy relationships with money 
  • Discover practical exercises you can implement at home to lay a strong foundation for financial literacy
  • Build long-term savings and prepare your child for major financial milestones like buying their first car, paying for college and beyond 

Meet the experts:

Jonathan Sanchez is a personal finance author and co-founder of Parent Portfolio, a financial coaching business that aims to help families escape from debt and build generational wealth. He and his wife offer money tips, live workshops and share their personal stories through their blog and YouTube channel to inspire parents to create financial freedom for the next generation.

Brad Klontz, Psy.D is a financial psychologist, professor and certified financial planner who has studied the psychology of money for more than 15 years. He helps clients understand and overcome the subconscious beliefs and patterns that affect their financial behaviors and decisions. Klontz is a member of the CNBC Digital Financial Advisor Council, and was also featured as an expert in Smarter by CNBC Make It's "Master Your Money: Practical Strategies to Grow Your Wealth" course.

Rianka Dorsainvil, CFP, is the founder and senior wealth advisor of YGC Wealth, a wealth management firm. She has been named a top financial advisor by Investopedia and a Black financial influencer to follow by NerdWallet, and serves on CNBC's Digital Financial Advisor Council. As a mother of two, she brings both professional expertise and personal perspective to helping families transform financial wellbeing into a cornerstone of lasting achievement.

Sign up today for How To Raise Financially Smart Kids and use the coupon code EARLYBIRD for an introductory discount of 30% off the regular course price of $127 (plus tax). Offer valid from 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") on Dec. 8, 2025, through 11:59 p.m. ET on Dec. 22, 2025. Terms apply.

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December 08, 2025

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