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Louise Hill, co-founder and CEO of GoHenry, explains how parenting practices around pocket money, chores, and age-appropriate financial responsibility either build or destroy financial confidence in children. The episode covers evidence-based tactics for raising money-literate kids, from toddler coin play to teen investing.
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The Money Missions Ladder
Age-and-stage-appropriate financial education: sequence concepts to match cognitive development
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The Long-Horizon Investing Principle
Time in the market beats timing: children's ISAs are the safest equity investment that exists
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Earn-vs-Entitlement Chore Distinction
Separate what children owe the household from what they can sell back to it
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The Consequence-Not-Rescue Rule
The empty wallet is the most powerful financial educator — never replace it on demand
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The Regular Pocket Money Rule
Predictable, consistent allowances create planners; random handouts create spenders
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The Seven-Year Financial Imprint
Financial habits are being set by age seven — start before school shapes the wrong ones