As much as we’d love to, we can’t protect our kids from everything. They are going to get their knees skinned and elbows bruised when they learn to ride a bike, or climb a tree. They will probably have to deal with the mean kids…

There seems to be an app for everything nowadays. From shopping and dating, to pet grooming and fuel refills, you needn’t get off the couch anymore. A few taps, swipes and scrolls, and you’re sorted. Easy peasy. No sweat. And a smaller carbon footprint. Recently…

When we buy any kind of insurance, we do it to cover our bases incase something untoward happens. This might happen, or it might not. We still buy the insurance because the possible downside is much greater if we don’t. And smart people are all…

This Father’s Day you probably spent a ton of money, most likely your dads’ to begin with, to buy him something nice. And the sentiment is lovely. For next year though, I’d like you to consider giving him something novel. This isn’t something you can…

Financial illiteracy should be a crime. That is, an activity considered a grave offense, harmful or wrong. Look at the disastrous fallout, and the reason it should be a crime becomes obvious. It greatly harms those afflicted. It has catastrophic consequences not just on their…

I am all three. Undeniably, unapologetically and deliberately so. And that’s made me a better educator. An Idiot: I am often the resident idiot in the room (or on the zoom call), because I need the things I hear/ learn to make sense. I need…

This is a cease and desist request to companies peddling all versions of get-rich-quick snake oil to our teens. Stop it. Really. Stop telling our 8-13 year olds they can learn all about Bitcoin and how to invest in it, in half an hour no…