Parents and educators: Would you let McDonald’s teach your children about nutrition? Would you let Monsanto teach your kids about farming? Would you let Rolf Harris teach your children about consent? Of course you wouldn’t. You may even be aghast that I suggest such a...
Want to get your children excited about saving? We have the book for you! Bunny Money is the story of Nessa and Nate, a pair of twins getting $100 each from Gran for their 10th birthday. But that’s not all they get – the most precious part of Gran’s...
By Lacey Filipich BEng(Hons) MAICD Cert Gov (NFP) Money and movies: two of my favourite things. I was reminded of this when I found myself glued to SBS when ‘Margin Call’ was on, even though I had to hold my eyelids open. Films about money and the people who covet it...
‘I want this one.’ My 2.5-year-old daughter was pointing to a plastic stool with Winnie the Pooh on the front of it. Price: $14. Next to it was an identical stool – same size, shape, colour, everything – but instead of Winnie the Pooh, it had a grey star and ‘I’m a...
Being a family-run business that wants to connect with – and create value for – families, we were thrilled to participate in the WACSSO Annual Conference on 22 and 23 August, 2015 What is WACSSO? The Western Australian Council of State School Organisations...
By Lacey Filipich, BEng(Hons), MAICD In last week’s post, I expounded on my theories about how Monopoly (the board game) is like real life property investing. In the interest of balance, I’m following up with this post about the ways in which Monopoly is NOT like real...
