LISTEN | Money and Parenting
This week in The Money Podcast, our hosts want to give you a different perspective
on raising children, and why it need not be as expensive as you might expect. They’ll
also provide some tips on how to manage your finances around having children.
In a recent survey of soon-to-be parents, 83% of respondents
indicated that their two biggest fears around having kids was the health of
their newborn child, and how they would afford the addition to the family.
In
fact, the overwhelming majority of people were most concerned about the
financial impact of having kids.
In this week's episode of The Money Podcast, Justin
Harrison and Dawie Bester talk about the cost of being a parent.
When it comes to the financial impact of having children many couples are now waiting till later in life to establish themselves financially before having children, with many couples completely put off the idea of having kids at all.
The Money Podcast duo want to give you a different perspective on raising children, and why it need not be as expensive as you might expect. They’ll also provide some tips on how to manage your finances around having children. Just click below to listen.
Meanwhile, last week, Justin Harrison and Dawie Bester talked about teaching kids about money.
"Children learn far more from the things we do than the things we say, but often the things we say in passing are also the lessons that stick," says Bester.
"In this episode, we want to encourage you to become an active participant in your child's financial future."
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More about Justin and Dawie
Justin Harrison and Dawie Bester are self-made entrepreneurs on a
mission to help South Africans become better at money. Justin is the author of eight personal finance books; he’s a
serial entrepreneur, investor, wealth creator and one of South Africa's thought
leaders in the financial technology space. He's a passionate South African,
father of three and avid sportsman who believes deeply that South Africa is one
of the best countries in the world.
Dawie Bester is also a personal finance author, personal finance coach, entrepreneur
and investor, and has been on the forefront of the digital finance revolution
for the last decade. He is a father of two, an avid sportsman, and believes
that South Africans can prosper with the correct motivation and
direction.
Together, they're involved in multiple business
ventures and share a common passion for financial education, self-improvement
and simplicity, and these are the driving force behind all their ventures.
In July 2020, the duo took to YouTube to start a financial
education channel to help South Africans better understand money, and since
then over 200,000 South Africans have taken to the channel to learn and engage.