Today, CFP®, RFC, CCFC, and author, Jamie Bosse, joins us to talk about raising money-savvy kids.
Today’s episode is perfect for parents looking to raise money-savvy kids! We are joined by CFP®, RFC, CCFC and author, Jamie Bosse, who is on a mission to help families tackle one of the most important—and often overlooked—topics: teaching kids about money.
For the past six years, Jamie has helped make financial literacy fun and approachable for families through her engaging books, like, Milton the Money Savvy Pup. Listen in as she shares some creative strategies for introducing essential money concepts to children- like budgeting, saving and even understanding taxes. Whether you’re just starting to teach your little ones about allowance or tackling big-picture ideas like gratitude and conscious spending, this episode is packed with valuable insights to set your family on the path to financial success.
Plus, don’t miss the exclusive holiday discount code for Jamie’s books in the description below- just in time for the holidays!
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Here’s some of what we discuss in this episode:
1:26 – Getting to know Jamie
6:56 – Jamie’s journey into writing children’s books
14:29 – Implementing money concepts in real life
18:35 – Making money a tangible concept for kids
21:21 – Jamie’s book for moms
24:35 – Jamie’s work as a financial advisor + future books
Learn more about Jamie
Jamie Bosse is a Financial Planner, Author, and Mother of four. She helps her clients maneuver through life’s transitions and overcome and anticipate any potential roadblocks along the way. Jamie finds it extremely rewarding to see people organize their financial lives, maximize their human capital, and get closer to their life goals in her work at CGN Advisors.
Jamie has a passion for mentoring and financial literacy and is the author of Money Boss Mom, Helping Young Parents Be the “Boss” of Their Financial Future as well as the Milton the Money Savvy Pup children’s book series. She offers free financial literacy resources like games, worksheets, templates, and coloring pages for parents, teachers, and kids to improve their financial prowess. In 2020, Jamie was named to the Investment News 40 Under 40 list. Nominees are selected for this honor from a nationwide pool based on their accomplishments, contributions, leadership, and promise.
She enjoys creating financial videos and articles and has been featured in the Kansas City Star, KC Parent, The Journal of Financial Planning, Manhattan Neighbors, The Register, Solutions, Investment Advisor Magazine and Kansas City PBS. Jamie is a graduate of the Kansas State University Personal Financial Planning Program.
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Episode Transcript
(This transcript was generated using AI, so please excuse any misspellings or errors)
Maggie Nielsen 0:00
Coming up on today’s edition of women and money, the shit we don’t talk about. Our guest is Jamie Bosse. Jamie is a financial professional, but also an author of children’s books and an adult book, I guess, as well.
Barbara Provost 0:13
Yeah, we’ll show all the pieces and parts of what she has to offer. And don’t you love that last name, Bosse? I wish that was my last night, so Thank goodness she wrote these books to help children learn more about money.
Maggie Nielsen 0:27
Yes, they’re gear for kids kindergarten to second grade, which is great, nice and young, which is definitely when we want to start that financial education.
Barbara Provost 0:35
Yeah, most adorably is the lead is a dog named Milton. And when we talked to her, it’s it was her own dog. So pictures of her own little dog, Milton, that she used to bring around with her when she talked about her books. So cute.
Maggie Nielsen 0:51
So we’ll get into all of that. So let’s get started.
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Maggie Nielsen 1:26
Welcome Jamie, thank you for coming on to the podcast to talk about your books and kind of your story and helping children with financial literacy. Before we dive into all the fun, can you take a couple minutes to introduce who you are and what you do?
Jamie Bosse 1:38
Sure, thanks so much for having me on today, guys, I’m thrilled to be here. I have been a financial planner for 20 years now, and been been writing books for probably the last six years on helping to spread financial literacy for kids and help parents and teachers talk about money with kids and then also get their own finances in order with a grown up book called Money Boss Mom, helping young parents be the boss of their family. Their financial future. Awesome.
Maggie Nielsen 2:04
And where are you located? Jamie,
Jamie Bosse 2:05
I’m in cat Manhattan, Kansas.
Maggie Nielsen 2:07
Manhattan, Kansas. How fun.
Jamie Bosse 2:09
Yeah, the little apple. Have you ever been there?
Maggie Nielsen 2:11
I haven’t, but I need to get there. I’m not I am in Missouri, so I should get there. But diving in today. I know you sent this over in an email this morning, and I’m excited to get into this. I love everyone’s kind of impetus to get into the, you know, financial industry, and yours is when your parents went bankrupt when you are in college. And I know I kind of said this to you, but I think when kids, parents go bankrupt, when you’re little, you don’t quite understand what’s going on. But in college, you know, you have a much better understanding. So tell us a little bit more about this and how it really kind of affected you.
Jamie Bosse 2:49
Yeah, so I was a sophomore in college when I got the phone call that my parents were filing for bankruptcy, and that just set off a bunch of questions and alarm bells in my mind. I was like, Okay, what does that mean? Are you going to jail? Do I have to move home to raise my siblings like, What on earth happened, you know? And so I started doing kind of research on bankruptcy and how they ended up in this place. And, you know, I’d like to say it was something like a medical condition, or a business deal gone south, or something big that happened that caused it, but it was really just they got in trouble with credit cards, and they just couldn’t get out. So so for me, at that time in life, you know, I’m a sophomore in college, I actually had three credit cards that I didn’t really know how to use, and I was majoring in early education, early childhood education, and then I decided at that point, I was like, Well, clearly I haven’t gotten a good education around money, so I ended up taking a personal finance class just for me, just to learn more about what I didn’t know. So I took one class my sophomore year, and then I really enjoyed it. I thought it was fascinating. Took another one the next year, and then once I got into it, I thought, Well, what a cool profession to help people navigate this, this world of money that is so complicated and so emotional and there’s so many pitfalls, and helping them, you know, have the confidence that they’re making the right decisions and doing the right things, and helping them avoid a lot of risks like bankruptcy and other things.
Barbara Provost 4:21
So wow, can I dive into that a little bit?
Jamie Bosse 4:23
Absolutely.
Barbara Provost 4:24
So when you were growing up in your household, did you have any idea around how they were spending or managing their money or anything like that, or was this kind of a shock out of left field when you got the phone call?
Jamie Bosse 4:38
Great question. When I was a kid, I felt like the messages around money were always like, there’s never enough, right? We don’t We can’t afford that. We don’t have that. Like, one big thing I remember is I really wanted Doc Martin shoes, like everybody had them, and my parents were just like, No, we can’t afford those. Like, those are like, $100 shoes. And. They talked about, kind of the the wealthy area of town was the hill, and it was like, it was like a foreign land or something. When they talked about it, it was like, that’s where all the money is in town. They’re hogging it all. We don’t get any, you know. So just it kind of like, I just remember feeling like, Well, money is like, some people have it, some people don’t, and we don’t, so there’s nothing we can do about it, which is really interesting, because I feel like these the more I’ve learned about money and personal finance along the way, is that a lot of the way we behave around money is behavioral, and a lot of it stems from things we learned in childhood or observed in childhood that we didn’t really consciously decide, you know, right?
Barbara Provost 5:46
It’s kind of the behaviors and the nuances that are woven into our fabric around money. And it sounds like scarcity was a big message. So it’s interesting, you’re in college, you get this phone call, and then you start learning about money? Were you able to assist your parents once they filed for bankruptcy and get back on a better foot? Or how did that impact it? If at all?
Jamie Bosse 6:11
Yeah, so they were very kind of traditional, like Boomer style. Didn’t want to talk about money with me, especially not with me, right? Like, I don’t think they really talked about it together.
Maggie Nielsen 6:20
Did they call you and tell you?
Jamie Bosse 6:23
They called me to tell me they were that was happening? Yes,
Maggie Nielsen 6:26
Okay, I’m sure that was a nerve wracking conversation for them.
Jamie Bosse 6:29
100%. Yeah. I mean, I think it’s, it’s, you know, full of shame and embarrassment. And, you know, I think they just thought they needed to tell me, because I wasn’t there. So I didn’t, you know, I didn’t know what was going on day to day, but I was glad that they shared it with me. And, you know, on the flip side, I don’t think they, they didn’t want reach out to me for help, but they, I don’t know if they wanted me to be aware. So, yeah.
Maggie Nielsen 6:56
Definitely. And so yeah, that sounds like it’s an exact kind of, you know, emphasis of then how you went straight to the financial industry and kind of turn from childhood education, but I can see then why you would also want to then help children, you know, and have them learn about their finances, you know, and kind of change that narrative. And so it’s funny when you mentioned that you’re going to go into childhood education, you know, you just see the lines, kind of the dots connect. Of like, your passions stay the same. It’s just a different way of doing it. And so, like, how do you kind of start? I mean, there’s so many people who talk about writing a book, so how do you kind of start, what, you know, how do you actually, you know, put pen to paper and get her done.
Jamie Bosse 7:42
Yeah. So I’ve always enjoyed writing. I used to write a lot of stories when I was young. I would be really bored at my grandma’s house, and she’d be watching, like Guiding Light and the Bold and the Beautiful, like that I was not interested in. And so I would just like write these stories. They weren’t about money or anything. They were about just like a sitcom that I was kind of writing, and so it’s always been something I’ve enjoyed doing, and like journaling to get my thoughts out on paper. But when my oldest child, when he was five, so I have four kids total, we were shopping at Target, and he was like, I need this. It was like a giant remote control monster truck thing. And he’s like, I need this thing. And I’m like, and it’s like, $60 and I said, Well, that’s not in our spending plan today. And he said, we’ll just buy it on Amazon, then
Barbara Provost 8:34
everything from there is free. Yeah. And
Jamie Bosse 8:36
so I like, he just didn’t know that buying something on Amazon was a financial transaction, and it required money. It was just like this magical service that brings things to your doorstep, and clearly, I should just do it. And so that’s when I really was like, Oh no. Like, I have failed in talking to my kids about money. I have failed and teaching them so, so I started to look for different resources on, you know, how do we talk to kids about money? Like, how what can they understand? Like, what do we what are we dealing with, and what resources are already out there? And we’ve always loved reading books as a family every night before bed. So I did find some good books about money, but not very many and so, so my initial thought was, maybe I can write one. But then I was like, No, that’s ridiculous. So I was gonna write, like, a rap or a poem where it was like, something catchy and like so he could remember basic money concepts rap. I mean, like, you know, they remember songs and they like, you know, we
Maggie Nielsen 9:36
all have our songs. I mean, I do, but, um, yeah, you know, if you ever want to record that, we’d love to hear it.
Jamie Bosse 9:42
Okay? I will let you know. Yeah. So, so I just kind of researched, like, what can kids, like a five year old kid, understand about money, and, like, kind of the basic concepts were, okay, you know, you need money to buy things. You earn money by working, and sometimes you have to wait and save to get what you want. Want. And so those are actually the three concepts in the Milton brings home the bacon book, the first book in the children’s book series, and that’s where I got it from. So I started kind of writing the rap and poem, and then I was like, You know what? I think this is a story. And he adored the dog, Milton. And so, like, Milton was our family dog. And so I thought you having him be a character will just help make it more fun. So you did write a rap? Well, no, I was trying to, but then I turned it into the book. Instead,
Barbara Provost 10:31
I thought maybe you were holding out on us.
Jamie Bosse 10:34
Never, never. Barbara, I will tell you if I have a rap. So, that’s where it started.
Maggie Nielsen 10:44
Yeah, I love that you made it with the dog. You knew that’s what he loved, and so he turned that, you know, wrap into those three points, and really brought them into the book there. And so did you do the illustrations? I have to know.
Jamie Bosse 10:59
I did not no. So I’ve actually had two different illustrators in the process. So my first illustrator, she was actually married to a professor in the financial planning school and just did some graphic design work, but then she had a kind of a bunch of babies in a row and decided she couldn’t do that anymore. And so I now work with a gal out of Topeka that was an art student that a friend of mine knew. So that’s
Barbara Provost 11:23
awesome. So you write your first book, yay, exciting. And so once you write your first book, do you just start selling it? You start sharing it? How did you get it out there? And that’s my first question. And then what prompted you to move on to the second book?
Jamie Bosse 11:42
So I would say, you know, in terms of, like, marketing the book and getting out there, I just started with reading at my kids school and daycare, you know, church people that had, like, Mom groups. And I would actually bring Milton, the dog with me, which was really fun, because he, he was an adorable Corgi, and he just rode in this wagon, and he would like, lay there, like, Hey, kids throw my belly. And he would even, like, pose for pictures, which was really funny, because he just be
Barbara Provost 12:12
like, Oh, hey, cheese, cheese. But it
Jamie Bosse 12:17
was really fun to go, you know, you know, show my kids like what I was working on, and they were super proud to have me come to their classrooms. And then I’ve since kind of partnered with different banks that would they give a copy of the book away when kids open a bank account or a savings account? Oh, cute. And then outside of that, more just posting on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, yeah. And now a lot of advisors buy the books too as gifts for you know, their clients that are having babies or grandbabies or to have in their waiting rooms, if people bring kids in, I love
Barbara Provost 12:50
it. So it’s the second one. The money savvy pop makes savings a habit. Is that the
Jamie Bosse 12:57
second one? Yes, that’s the second one, yeah. Yeah. So Milton makes saving a habit. Is the concepts are, you know, knowing that you don’t just spend your money every time you get it, you need to allocate some to giving, if that’s important to you, set some aside for savings, for the short term or emergencies or something in the future that you want to get, and then you can spend the rest. So this was one that we had purchased, the savings jars, the give, save, spend jars for our kids. And when I was talking about it with them, I was like, well, maybe this is the next book, you know, like teaching this concept. So, so that’s where that came from. And then I think, you know, just in terms of when you’re thinking about different questions that the kids ask when you read the books, you’re like, Oh, well, that could be another concept we talk about in a different book. So
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Maggie Nielsen 14:29
Yeah, there’s so many of these different topics that you could dive into. And so did you start, you know, with the books, then teaching your kids, like, how you can make money, maybe, like an allowance thing, and then, you know, waiting to save on those monster trucks. I would love to hear kind of how you implemented some of those things.
Jamie Bosse 14:46
Yes, so we do allowance and and they have, it’s tied to chores, but not tied to chores. It’s kind of like a salary in where if they don’t do the things they’re supposed to do, then they won’t get paid. But, but it was too hard to track Bay. Based on like, when the chore happened. So we do like, a monthly pay now instead, because the kids are 11 nine, and then I have twin six year olds, and I do allow them to kind of count their money, and we take it with us to the store. And if they want like, I try to let them just choose like, because I think making the choice is important and seeing that, like, what’s the trade off? Right? So we go to Target. They want everything, right? You know? They’re like, Ah, this and this and this and this. And they’re like, Okay, well, you have this much money, you know, let’s look at the price tag. So you can’t get both things, you know, what’s more important to you? And so, so I let them make the decisions for themselves. I let them count on the money at the register. And get the change and deal with the taxes and all of that. And it’s really fun to see how the different kids react to things. So my oldest, he will typically have me take a picture of the things he’s interested in, and he’ll think about it right, like he doesn’t, necessarily, usually doesn’t spend his money. When we go, he’s like, okay, take a picture of it. I’ll think about it later. And so then we kind of scroll through it later to see if he’s interested in buying that so he has the most money. My second one, he wants to buy anything and everything like he lays his eyes on. So he really has to weigh the choices and think about the opportunities. And then the twins, they’re boy and girl, and they, they’re pretty impulsive too, still, but they, but I’m excited that they’re starting to learn about money so young to kind of figure that out. But I think the bigger part is, once they buy the thing, I follow up with them a week later and ask them where it is and like, are you enjoying it, and are you glad you made that purchase? And sometimes they don’t even know what they bought, right? Like, they forgot about it already. And so then we talk about that, well, was that worth the, you know, $20 you spent on it, because now you don’t have the money or the thing anymore, you know, but if they are using it a lot and then really enjoying it, we celebrate that, because we want to use our money for things that we enjoy and we value, right? So if they’re getting a lot of good use out of it, that’s a win. That’s something to celebrate.
Barbara Provost 17:12
I love that fantastic.
Maggie Nielsen 17:14
I need someone. I mean, I need someone. That’s when I kind of like, look it back at my budget, and I’m kind of like, what did I buy, you know, and how am I using it? Because that follow up, yeah, at that time, you’re like, I need it now. And so a week later, you’re like, did I really need it? And it is, yeah, it’s kind of fun to compare the kids, just to, you know, you’re you get the same stories. How do you respond differently? You know, you all have the same information. How do you how do you go about it differently? It’s interesting,
Barbara Provost 17:41
and it sounds like your oldest practices the 24 hour rule, right? So really does, yeah, not impulsive. Really thinks about it. And you know, this is such an important conversation for today, because with Black Friday coming up, you know, everything is, you know, FOMO, if you’re missing out, you know, buy it now. You’ll never get this price. And I see a lot of videos that are like, you know, you don’t need that extra eyeliner, you don’t need a five pack of turtlenecks. You don’t need, you know, all these things that they’re trying to sell you. And you you really have to think, is this, you know, the whole over consumption thing, and like you’re teaching your children, you know, trading your hard earned dollars for something that you think is of a value to you, and is it really so, making a conscious choice around that which is so so important, so much of what you’re doing is so important. And I love the teaching children about money at a very young age, because we’re not doing that. I don’t care what you say. Curriculum in, you know, kindergarten, first grade about money, how money works, and money is changing. Because, you know, do you give your kids dollars and nickels and quarters and all that, or do they have like, a gift card, which is just a swipe? I mean, that whole psychology is very different.
Jamie Bosse 19:02
100% Yeah, I would say money is almost more difficult to teach now to kids, because kids are tend to be kind of tangible, and how they learn, they want to see it, they want to touch it. They want to feel it. And now money, for the most part, is invisible, right? They watch you buy something at the store with your Apple Pay or your slide a card, or Amazon delivers it to the porch. You know, like, I was gonna
Maggie Nielsen 19:24
say it’s just, like, Amazon’s freeze, because we just see That’s right, there’s never cash exchanged. Yeah, it’s
Jamie Bosse 19:29
just voodoo. And I’ve had friends who, like their kids, are begging for phones, and then if you ask them, Well, why do you want a phone? So bad, they’re like, so I can buy anything I want, because they think phones are the purchasing thing that like gives you the stuff, right? So I think it’s, it’s more important now than ever to make money tangible, right? It is invisible. So how do we make it a real thing that kids understand?
Maggie Nielsen 19:56
Yeah, I don’t know.
Barbara Provost 19:59
It is. Changing. I mean, I think about as an educator myself. I’m an educator of adults, but when I think about children, you would start with the basics. What’s a Penny, dime, nickel, quarter, all of that. But I’m wondering, how often do they really see that? How often do they see dollar bills? I mean, when’s the last time you saw $10 bill somewhere? I mean, people just don’t really use cash, so the concepts have to be a little different in how we explain money and kind of the, you know, machinations over the times and how it’s really working. But nonetheless, we do need to learn how money works. And I love that you’re starting, you know, at the very young age of just reading these simple books, because I think you’re installing some really great behaviors and concepts.
Jamie Bosse 20:48
Thank you. And I, my hope is that when the parents are reading them with the kids, they feel more empowered to have these conversations with their kids. Because what I’ve found is that parents don’t feel qualified to talk about money with their kids, so they kind of shy away from it, because they’re like, oh, gosh, I made some mistakes. I don’t want them learning from me. And then, you know, they’re not learning about in school. So what they do learn, they’re just learning by trial and error or observation. And so if we can, you know, make that more of a mindful experience where, oh, well, Milton said to do this, you know, then it gives the parents some ammunition of how to talk to the kids about money.
Maggie Nielsen 21:21
I think that’s perfect, yeah, so interesting of I mean, and it makes so much sense of not feeling qualified if you’re not doing well enough financially, which, of course, you know, well enough is also a spectrum, you know, to each their own on that definition. And so to Yeah, to have that to work with is super helpful. But sometimes saying nothing is not helpful, you know. And so we can’t just think we’re not qualified and not go about a decision. So then I know, yeah, so you can use Milton to educate, but then you made a book for moms. And so besides the reading level being higher, what other new you know? Why is this different? You know? What is this information that you know is in that book? Yeah,
Jamie Bosse 22:05
so money, boss, Mom, I wanted to make a guidebook for young parents, because I feel like there’s so many things happening when you’re a parent, and so many competing priorities that you’re dealing with, and things are changing quickly too, right? So if you have an infant, you’re dealing with diapers, but that goes away. If you have little kids that are not in kindergarten yet, you have daycare, and that can be more than your mortgage. So how are you figuring that out? You know, on a on a month to month basis, and that’s kind of the key time, also when you know you’re building your career and building your income, and the income is a big piece of what you can do in the future and what you can save. So I just feel like there’s so many moving parts I wanted there to be just like a simple guide of like, okay, here’s what you need to know, right? Here’s the different different categories of financial planning, and here’s how to look at it, or get a good system in place so you don’t have to think about it. And so the book is kind of organized into chapters where you don’t have to read it in a linear fashion, because parents, I mean, parents are busy. You might not even be getting enough sleep at night, right? So I wanted it to be where you like, oh gosh. I really can’t figure out, you know, my cash flow systems and, like, how to budget month to month. So, like, okay, read chapter three, right? Or, you know, oh gosh, I’m a parent, and I’ve heard that having an estate plan is important now, like, but I don’t know what that is or how to do it. So read, you know, chapter five. So, so I, my hope is that it can be just kind of a go to guide for parents to to use, to fill in the gaps of what they don’t know or what they could do better, and then help get them some good systems in place so they don’t have to be worried about money all the time, right? Because when you’re worried about money, it consumes you, you know, you’re kind of in fight or flight mode. You you’re living paycheck to paycheck. You just don’t feel in control or feel good, and you can’t then pay attention to the things and the people that you love most.
Barbara Provost 23:50
Yeah, and you’re using tools to help you, and you’re kind of conveying those behaviors and tools as you’re raising children as well. You know, the strategies that you’re learning and maybe working through it with your children as they become more adults as well. So this is perfect. Thanks. Because
Jamie Bosse 24:09
if the kids are seeing you stressed about money or talked about talking about money all the time, is it like it’s a bad thing, then that’s the message that they’re receiving. And then they’ll, you know, grow up with some biases that aren’t helpful either?
Barbara Provost 24:22
Yeah. So we love that you you know, we’re doing early childhood education. Then you saw this experience from your parents, which led you down the path of personal finance. And so now talk a little bit about the work you do as a, you know, financial professional.
Jamie Bosse 24:40
So I’m a financial advisor at CG and advisors in Manhattan, and I work a lot with individuals and families, just on getting organized around their money, so helping them better understand, manage and improve their financial situations. And that can look different, you know, individual to individual, couple to couple, depending on what’s going on in their. Lives, but we work a lot on understanding kind of, you know, where are they coming from with money, so we want to understand that past and what biases they’re bringing to the table, particularly if it’s a couple, right? Because people have different experiences with money, they have different backgrounds with money, and a lot of times those things are so unspoken, but you’re just irritated with each other or furious with each other, and the other person has no idea why. So like helping them kind of facilitate conversations together and understand each other’s point of view is a big piece of what we do, and then helping them figure out, okay, let’s manage what we’re doing today. You know, how is cash flow month to month? How can we make that better? What are you saving for the future? What does that then project out, and what does that look like? And if that’s not what you want it to look like, how do we fix it? So just helping people kind of be proactive and get a long term plan in place so that they feel like they’re doing the right things right because I feel like, especially with money, you know, people are just like, Well, yeah, I’m doing this, I’m doing that. I’ve maybe I’m doing the right thing. Maybe I’m not, you know. And so there’s so much noise out there too, that you hear from social media and and just other people at work. And I just really enjoy helping people, you know, bring it down to what they need to know. Like, how does this apply to your personal situation? And then, how do I make sure you’re in a good place for what you want to do.
Barbara Provost 26:22
Yeah. So is that your next book?
Jamie Bosse 26:26
I don’t know. Maybe. Right now I’m working on two more kids books. So the one, well, actually, three, technically, but I have an activity book for kids coming out hopefully this week, and Milton counts as blessings more of a gratitude focused book, also hopefully coming out this week. And the reason for the gratitude money tie in is that the research shows that people who have a grateful mindset tend to desire less and also tend not to spend frivolously, right? So they they’re able to think more about like, Okay, what do I want to spend money on? And what do I value and is it worth buying this thing that popped up on my Instagram feed, or am I going to keep saving for that Disney vacation, right? So, so that’s why the gratitude focus, but, and then next year, I have an accountant friend who wants to write a book about taxes for kids with, including his dog, Louis, the tax terrier. So
Maggie Nielsen 27:26
that one I’m intrigued about. I mean, taxes are a headache for anyone. I mean, I’m like, talk to a ton of financial professionals, and taxes are still confusing. So I would love to, like, I can’t wait to read that
Jamie Bosse 27:39
one thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Because I think it’s important, because I’ve had to have those conversations with kids at the store, right? Because if they’re buying the transaction themselves, they are like, Wait, that cost 1599, why are you charging me $18 so, like, so I’ve had that conversation with them, and I think that’s important for them to understand. But I also think that taxes, I mean, anything you hear about taxes is usually bad, right? No, they’re taxing us to death or, Oh, taxes, Oh, Uncle Sam, blah, blah, blah. But I think we can frame taxes in a positive light of like, hey, you know, taxes go to things that we all use, right? The parks, the fire department, you know, the bridges that we drive over. And, you know, trying to, trying to paint that picture for kids so they can see the the bigger picture of
Barbara Provost 28:26
what that goes to for kids and adults. Maybe, yeah, yeah. And that’s
Jamie Bosse 28:29
another one that, like, when the parents are reading it with the kids, they’ll probably be helpful for everyone, yeah,
Barbara Provost 28:34
and you’re giving parents, you know, the words to help explain things that are can be somewhat complicated, you know, and to make it just easier to understand and in minute chunks, if you will, right? Yeah,
Maggie Nielsen 28:49
definitely, yeah. I think this was a great conversation. I thank you for coming on today. And so, where can people find these books? And then I think you have a discount as well that you wanted to share. As these are amazing gifts for new parents, or, you know, new babies or kids for the holidays.
Jamie Bosse 29:06
Yeah, so the books are available on my websites, money, Boss mom.com and Milton the money savvy pup.com and I actually have a coupon code for 10% off from now until december 24 for giving MBM. So like money, boss, mom, 10 is the code, and they’re also available on Amazon, so you can buy them that way too, but if you buy them through my website, I will autograph them for you.
Maggie Nielsen 29:31
Oh, that’s
Barbara Provost 29:32
fantastic. Yeah, wonderful. This has been I’m so glad that we met at that conference, Jamie, because, you know, financial literacy is huge here at purse strings, that’s what we’re all about, giving women the tools and resources and access to vetted financial professionals who focus on serving women so that they have everything they need in a go to location. These gifts are powerful, I think, for people to grab and to give. And start teaching our children about money in a world where money can be very, very difficult and convoluted to understand as it changes. So thank you, Jamie, for coming on today. Thank you for all of your work in these books, they’re going to make a huge rippling effect out there for so many and we appreciate the work that you do. Thank you. Thank
Jamie Bosse 30:21
you so much for your kind words and for having me on today. I really appreciate it. Yeah,
Maggie Nielsen 30:25
all of Jamie’s contact information, of course, will be in the show notes as well as link to her books, and that 10% off code as well. So be sure to grab these before the holidays, and we’d love to hear how they go over with the kids. Until then, talk to everyone soon be financially fearless. Information
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