Teaching Kids to Compare Prices: A Superpower They'll Thank You For
Your child wants a particular brand of crisps. They reach straight past three other options, all similar, some cheaper, and put the most expensive one in the trolley without a second glance. When you suggest looking at the others, they shrug. They want that one.
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Why Your Child Wants Everything They See (And What to Do About It)
You go to the supermarket for milk and bread. Twenty minutes later you emerge with milk, bread, and a child who has asked for seventeen different things, received one of them, and is now upset about the other sixteen.
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Buy Now, Pay Later: What to Tell Your Teenager Before They Find Out Themselves
Your teenager is checking out an order online. They’ve found something they want. At the payment stage, alongside the usual options, there’s a new one: pay in three instalments, interest-free. The first payment is today. The other two come out automatically later.
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How to Talk to Your Child About In-App Purchases Before They Drain Your Card
You’re checking your bank statement and there’s a charge you don’t recognise. You look more carefully. Then you look again. Then you go and find your child.
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Subscriptions Your Child Might Not Know They're Paying For
Open your bank statement. Look at the last month of transactions. Find the small, recurring charges — the ones that appear every month, sometimes with slightly cryptic names, sometimes so familiar you’ve stopped seeing them.
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