have the conversations, but maybe they may not go exactly as you had hoped, right?

I mean, if you're bad in 500, if half the time the conversation goes reasonably well, that's a win.

This show is dedicated to helping you, strengthen your family tree, and live financially free.

Welcome to the Marriage Kids and Money podcast, everybody.

This is Andy Hill, and today we're talking about how to teach your teen financial responsibility.

Now, this could be a tricky conversation to initiate for parents. That's why I've invited

certified financial planner Ed Vargo to help us out today. Ed is the creator of Enlighten Her,

a community devoted to money mentorship for women. The focus is on helping moms get clearer

and more confident around money so that they can

mentor the next generation to achieve financial equality and break the traditions that hold

women back. Ed's personal finance expertise has been featured in major media outlets like CNN Money,

CNBC, and Forbes. When Ed isn't helping women

achieve financial equality, he enjoys hiking and kayaking with his wife and five daughters. Welcome to

the show, Ed. Thank you, I, appreciate you having me. Absolutely. So, Ed, why are you so passionate about helping women achieve financial equality?

Yeah, I get that question a lot, you know, being a guy in the world of finance, why have I gravitated towards working with women?

And it's really born out of sort of my past and looking towards my future. So it started with my mom, and the history there was that my mom, unfortunately,

ran into some problems growing up, like my parents divorced when I was young.

And my mom was an immigrant from South Korea, never read the language, didn't write the language.

And so she had no financial mobility.

And so it really caused her to have to give up custody of us kids

when we were very young.

That's a pretty, I mean, probably as difficult a thing

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