Today’s guest is Deb Kierstead.
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Today’s Guest
Deb Kierstead
Deb is an experienced educator, and the creator of the Live Skills Money programs — practical, engaging classes designed to help kids and teens build real-world financial skills. With years of experience working with youth and families, Deb has developed Live Skills Money for high school students and Live Skills Money Jr. for elementary-aged kids, helping young people learn the fundamentals of budgeting, saving, decision-making, and money confidence. Deb is passionate about equipping the next generation with skills they don’t typically learn in school — but absolutely need in life. She is the proud mother of 4 children, and based in Dundas, Ontario.
Quick note: In this episode we refer to the Marg Method as the Mars Method — that’s our error! The method is actually named after Deb’s elderly neighbour Marg, who inspired the approach. What a story — we’ll have to get Deb back on to tell it properly.
You’ll Learn:
- Deb’s unconventional path to financial education
- Why age 7 is a critical window
- The Mars Method (and two other saving strategies, Dime Dash and Quarter Quest)
- Budgeting as freedom, not restriction
- The three-question spending test
- Teaching money even if you didn’t learn it yourself
- Good debt vs. bad debt
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Thanks to Deb for joining me this week!
In case you missed it, make sure to catch up on the last episode “Episode 79: Work Less, Parent Better: How AI Is Freeing Purpose-Driven Entrepreneurs | Peter Swain”!
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