432: Teach Your Kids About Money and Life Skills This Summer—No Nagging Needed // Saren Loosli

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🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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We want to raise kids who are responsible, capable, and financially wise—but it’s hard to know where to start. It can feel especially tricky to teach life skills like money management and personal responsibility without constant reminding or frustration. In this episode, I’m joined by Saren Eyre Loosli, founder of Power of Families and one of my earliest parenting mentors. Saren is a mom of five and a family systems expert who shares a simple, sustainable way to teach these skills within the flow of everyday life—without turning your home into a battleground. Summer is an ideal time to reset routines and try something new. This episode will give you practical tools and a clear framework to help your family work together more smoothly. You’ll hear: 💰 A clear structure for helping kids earn and manage their own money 💰 How to connect allowance to responsibility and attitude, not just tasks 💰 A system for daily routines that fosters independence and ownership 💰 Tools for tracking money and chores that work for all ages This conversation is both practical and encouraging, especially if you’ve been wanting more clarity (and less conflict) around chores, allowance, and life skills at home. For full show notes, including takeaways, click here. *** Related Episodes: 369: How to Teach Your Kids about Money // Abby Chipman 350: Rethinking Chores: A Quick Mindset Shift to Help with Overwhelm 373: Teaching Children to Work Without Being a Drill Sergeant // Danielle Porter Episode Sponsors: Zocdoc: Stop putting off those doctors appointments and go to Zocdoc.com/3in30 to find and instantly book a top-rated doctor today. KiwiCo: Build the best summer ever with KiwiCo! Get $15 off on your Summer Adventure Series at kiwico.com/3in30. BetterHelp: 3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms is sponsored by BetterHelp. Go to betterhelp.com/3in30 to get 10% off your first month of online therapy. Let's Connect! Join me on Instagram! Get weekly-ish emails with BTS of my life Find Your Magic in Motherhood: Free 3-Day Email Course ***

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1:05.3	Welcome to 3-30, a podcast to help you feel more like yourself within your motherhood.
1:13.9	Each 30-minute episode features three actionable takeaways to help you feel more like yourself within your motherhood. Each 30-minute episode features three actionable takeaways to help you become a more self-assured mom,
1:16.6	someone who knows yourself, honors your needs, and loves your people.
1:21.1	Listen in to feel encouraged as we learn together how to overcome overwhelm
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1:28.6	I'm your host, Rachel Nielsen. I'm so glad you're here. One of the things I wrestle with as a mom is finding the balance
1:39.2	between wanting to give my kids good things and knowing how important it is to teach them the
1:43.9	life skills that
1:44.7	come from not getting everything they want. I want them to understand hard work, frugality,
1:49.7	and wise decision-making with money. But I'll be honest, it can feel overwhelming to figure out
1:54.6	how to teach all of that in everyday life. That's why I've been drawn to the idea of a family
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