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The Art of Allowance Podcast | Parenting | Families | Money Smarts | Financial Literacy

The Art of Allowance Podcast is hosted by John Lanza, the author of "The Art of Allowance: A Short, Practical Guide to Raising Money-Smart, Money-Empowered Kids." John is also the Chief Mammal and Creator of The Money Mammals, the award-winning DVD and picture book series that helps get kids excited about money smarts. In the Art of Allowance podcast, John interviews parents and other youth money experts to discuss tools, tactics and tricks that families can pick and choose from to help them raise financially literate, money-smart and money-empowered kids (from birth to teen).

AOA 085: A Roadmap for Your Child's Investing Journey — With Laura Adams

63 hours 44 mins; March 02, 2026

AOA 084: Kids Can Spend Smarter — with Karen Holland

77 hours 28 mins; November 17, 2025

AOA 083: Preparing Young Adults to Launch — With Cameron Huddleston

40 mins; October 27, 2025

AOA 082: An Allowance Is a Gift — Raising Money-Smart Kids with Barbara Coloroso

80 hours 56 mins; September 22, 2025

AOA 081: Building Money-Smart Families and Communities - With Steve Bugg

55 mins; August 18, 2025

AOA 080: "The Simple Path to Wealth"—With JL and Jess Collins

89 hours 12 mins; July 07, 2025

AOA 079: Tony Steuer Outlines "The Get Ready Blueprint"

51 mins; April 28, 2025

AOA 078: Protecting Our Kids in a Digital World: Insights from Josh Golin

53 mins; November 25, 2024

AOA 077: Encouraging Empathy in Financial Education - With Courtney Fulmer

43 mins; October 17, 2024

AOA 076 How Digital Literacy Protects Our Kids — with Diana Graber

45 mins; September 30, 2024

AOA 075: Three Dads Talk Raising Money-Smart Kids (with Jon Acuff & Joe Saul-Sehy)

44 mins; September 23, 2024

AOA 074: Meaningful Media Literacy Conversations with Erin McNeill

58 mins; August 12, 2024

AOA 073: The Family Share Jar - Giving Together with Andy Hill

45 mins; July 01, 2024

AOA 072: Evan Wilson on Teaching Our Kids to Invest

57 mins; June 03, 2024

AOA 071: Researcher Ashley LeBaron-Black on the Importance of Experience, Modeling and Open Conversation in Raising Money-Smart Kids

58 mins; May 06, 2024

AOA 070: Colin Ryan on Money Psychology, Emotion and Humor

77 hours 41 mins; April 08, 2024

AOA 069: Joe Saul-Sehy's Journey from "Money Disaster" to Raising Money Smart Kids

58 mins; March 18, 2024

AOA 068: Building Wealth Wisdom: Vince Shorb on Youth Financial Education

55 mins; February 19, 2024

AOA 067: Money is a By-Product of Great Work - Featuring Guest Kevin Kelly

55 mins; January 08, 2024

AOA 066: Grow Massive Money Trees with the Power of Patience - Featuring Guest Will Rainey

55 mins; December 04, 2023

AOA 065: How Can Parents Get on the Same Page Financially? With Guest Megan McCoy

55 mins; November 20, 2023

AOA 064: Empowering Financially Independent Teens: A Parent's Journey - With Guest Samantha Paxson (And Guest Co-host Robin Taub)

56 mins; October 16, 2023

AOA 063: An Age-Appropriate Approach to Allowance With the Smart Money Mama - With Chelsea Brennan

57 mins; September 18, 2023

AOA 062: Demystifying the Costs of Sending Kids to College - With Ann Garcia

69 hours 14 mins; August 21, 2023

AOA 061: Navigating Your Emotional Journey with Money – With Veronica Dangerfield

41 mins; July 24, 2023

AOA 060: Making Money Conversations Meaningful - Featuring Tom Henske

60 hours 27 mins; June 26, 2023

AOA 059: Patience on Your Money-Smart Journey - Featuring Kelly Mindell

56 mins; June 05, 2023

AOA 058: What is The Art of Allowance?

8 mins; May 29, 2023

AOA 057: Money Smarts in the Metaverse - Featuring Brett Wooden

43 mins; April 17, 2023

AOA 056: Inflation Highlights Investing's Importance - Featuring Jedidiah Collins

56 mins; February 27, 2023

AOA 055: Grow Kids' Wealth with Non-Monetary Deposits - Featuring James Robert Lay

51 mins; January 23, 2023

AOA 054: Getting Started on Your Money-Smart Journey Matters More Than Getting It Right - Featuring Jessica Willis

46 mins; December 19, 2022

AOA 053: Helping Almost Adult Kids Become Money Smart - Featuring Bobbi Rebell

61 hours 16 mins; December 05, 2022

A0A 052: No Single Point of Failure

9 mins; October 31, 2022

AOA 051: How an Entrepreneur Is Raising His Kids to Take Ownership - With Guest Kirk Drake

40 mins; October 17, 2022

AOA 050: The Money Mammals Maven - With Special Guest Eileen Lanza

33 mins; February 14, 2022

AOA 049: The Hybrid Allowance System - With Guest Kennedy Reynolds

51 mins; December 13, 2021

AOA 048: Family Values and Money Conversations - With Guest Robin Taub

53 mins; November 08, 2021

AOA 047: The Key to Investing: Be Boring - With Guest Chris Browning

53 mins; September 13, 2021

AOA 046: Empowering Kids Financially by "Saving to Invest" - With Guest Gayle Reaume

60 hours 22 mins; August 10, 2021

AOA 045: Consistency Is Essential When Raising Money-Smart Kids - With Guest Courtney Moran

60 hours 6 mins; June 24, 2021

AOA 044: The Free Lunch that Is the Roth IRA - With Guest Gene Natali

54 mins; May 26, 2021

AOA 043: What Families Need to Know to Cultivate a Culture of Prosperity - With Guest Ellen Rogin

51 mins; April 19, 2021

AOA 042: Understanding Our Own Money Scripts to Be Better Financial Role Models for Our Kids - With Guest Brad Klontz

48 mins; March 09, 2021

AOA 041: Three Ways of Framing the College Conversation - With Guest Ron Lieber

45 mins; February 01, 2021

AOA 040: Noise, Choice-Fullness and Monetary Control — With Guest Robert Reiher

75 hours 39 mins; September 18, 2020

AOA 039: Five Jars and Many Teachable Moments Raising Money-Smart Kids — With Guest Robin Taub

58 mins; August 21, 2020

AOA 038: Raising a Money-Smart, Commercial-Free Child - With Guest Josh Golin

66 hours 20 mins; July 31, 2020

AOA 037: The Correlation Between Physical and Financial Health - With Guest Barbara O'Neill

54 mins; July 10, 2020

AOA 036: Raising Money-Smart and Time-Affluent Kids - With Returning Guest Ashley Whillans

63 hours 11 mins; June 19, 2020

AOA 035: How to Turn Your Kids into Smarter Shoppers - With Consumer Expert Guest Trae Bodge

50 mins; May 29, 2020

AOA 034: Is there a case for tying chores to allowance? —With Guest Cameron Huddleston

61 hours 29 mins; May 08, 2020

AOA 033: Merging Money and Hip Hop to Help Children Define Money Values and Encourage Entrepreneurship — with Guest Andrea Ferrero

45 mins; April 16, 2020

AOA 032: Conversations, Questions and Self-Care — How Parents Can Help Their Kids Through a Crisis — With Special Guest Lucy Rimalower

48 mins; March 24, 2020

AOA 031: Cultivating Intentionality and a Growth Mindset in Your Allowance Program - With Guests Mark and Kimberlee Barnes

73 hours 19 mins; February 21, 2020

AOA 030: Personal Finance Education Program Efficacy and Student Loan Debt Perspective — With Guest Carly Urban

57 mins; February 03, 2020

AOA 029: Raising Money-Smart Kids by Giving Them Total Control of Their Money — With "First National Bank of Dad" Author David Owen

78 hours 33 mins; January 10, 2020

AOA 028: How to Have More Fun and Less Stuff This Holiday Season with Guests Guinevere Higgins and Kelley Dennings of New Dream

63 hours 52 mins; December 05, 2019

AOA 027: How Over $100k in Student Loan Debt Sparked an Educator's Passion to Teach Financial Literacy to Families (Including His Own) — with Guest Kyle Osborne

56 mins; November 22, 2019

AOA Small Change 002: What Does Money-Empowered Mean to You?

13 mins; November 07, 2019

AOA 026: Facing Your Fears, Working to Earn and Having Money Conversations with Your Kids - With Guest Ruth Soukup

51 mins; October 10, 2019

AOA 025: Materialism, Well-Being and the Human Value System - With Guest Tim Kasser

56 mins; September 20, 2019

AOA 024: College Funding and Financing 101 - With Guest David Flores Wilson

48 mins; August 30, 2019

AOA 023: Navigating the College Admissions Process Waters with The Scholarship Shark - With Guest Pam Andrews

45 mins; August 09, 2019

AOA 022: Discussing Financial Literacy at Home and in the Classroom - With Guest Breanna Reish

48 mins; July 11, 2019

AoA Small Change 001 - Top Takeaways from the First Five Episodes of The Art of Allowance

15 mins; June 21, 2019

AOA 021: Navigating the Breakthrough Allowance and Raising Money-Empowered Kids with the "Dad Edge" - With Guest Larry Hagner

51 mins; June 06, 2019

AOA 020: How Science Can Help Us Make Better Money and Time Decisions with Our Kids (and Ourselves) - With Guest Ashley Whillans

49 mins; May 23, 2019

AOA 019: "The Formula" for Parenting Successful Children - With Guests Ron Ferguson and Tatsha Robertson - and How Their Plan Can Help You Raise Money-Smart Kids

57 mins; May 09, 2019

AOA 018: Getting Your Kids Started with Investing and Facilitating Money-Smart Conversations with Allowance - With Guests Evan Wilson and Todd Yuzuriha

41 mins; April 25, 2019

AOA 017: The Importance of Intentionality in Raising Money-Smart Kids - With Guest Kelsa Dickey

48 mins; April 11, 2019

AOA 016: Your Kids as Your Business Owners with Dave Hanley, CEO of Tomorrow

47 mins; March 25, 2019

AOA 015: The Importance of an Allowance in Opening Up a Money Conversation with Your Kids — with Guest Ashley LeBaron

47 mins; January 25, 2019

AOA 014: What 'Doggie Donations' and Protection from Bears Taught a Moose About Family Finances — With Guest Morgan ('Moose') Wright

43 mins; November 29, 2018

AOA 013: Toxic Stress, Executive Function and Why Videogames Might Teach Financial Literacy Better Than Books – With Child Psychology Researcher Chuck Kalish

76 hours 19 mins; November 15, 2018

AOA 012: An Early Savings Habit Leads to More Money-Smart Skills - with Youth Financial Literacy Pioneer Sam Renick

49 mins; October 28, 2018

AOA 011: Financial Education in the Schools and at Home with Jump$tart Coalition Executive Director Laura Levine

58 mins; October 11, 2018

AOA 010: Financial Well Being for Your Kids Based on the Current Youth Financial Literacy Research with Elizabeth Odders-White

57 mins; September 27, 2018

AoA 009: A Conversation About Kids (of all ages) and Money with Personal Finance Columnist and CNBC personality Kelli Grant

49 mins; September 13, 2018

AoA 008: Essential Money Lessons a Financial Advisor and Dad has Taught his Kids — with Tom Henske

55 mins; August 05, 2018

AOA 007: Financial Education Tips for Teens and Kids of All Ages from an Expert Dad – with Bill Dwight of FamZoo

67 hours 58 mins; July 02, 2018

AOA 006: An Award Winning Financial Educator on the Importance of Starting the Money Conversation and Creating "The Family Jar" – with guest Tabatha Thurman

58 mins; June 12, 2018

AOA 005: Learn the Importance of Balance to Help Your Allowance Program Grow with Your Child into Her Teen Years – with guest Atsuko

43 mins; May 15, 2018

AOA 004: How a $100 Per Month Allowance for your Tween or Teenager Can Save a Parent Money - The Art of Allowance Podcast - with guest Melissa Disharoon

66 hours 53 mins; April 10, 2018

A0A 003: How a Financial Educator Plans to Teach His Young Son to Become Money-Smart - The Art of Allowance Podcast - with guest Jeremy Cybulski

67 hours 52 mins; April 10, 2018

A0A 002: A Mom Discovers an Allowance System that Finally Works - The Art of Allowance Podcast - with guest Sondi Sepanuk

62 hours 12 mins; April 04, 2018

AOA 001: What to Expect from The Art of Allowance Podcast - A Short Primer - The Art of Allowance Podcast - with host John Lanza

5 mins; March 25, 2018

The Art of Allowance Podcast | Parenting | Families | Money Smarts | Financial Literacy

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