Money lessons often start later than they should, yet children are absorbing messages about wealth, work, and values long before adulthood.

How can families and schools work together to help kids think critically about money, opportunity, and responsibility?

In this episode, Joline Godfrey speaks with Earl Walton, Director of the Ross Roeder Institute at Shorecrest Preparatory School, about how financial education and financial parenting can reinforce each other. They explore how early exposure to money concepts helps children develop confidence and curiosity. The conversation also touches on expanding career awareness, building ethical decision-making around wealth, and creating programs that grow with students from kindergarten through high school.

Key takeaways from the conversation:

• Why financial literacy programs work best when they evolve with students from early childhood through high school
• How parents and schools together create stronger financial understanding and practical life skills
• Why repeated exposure to money concepts builds confidence and curiosity in young learners
• How expanding career awareness helps students see opportunities beyond familiar professions
• Why ethics, responsibility, and values should be part of every conversation about money
• And more!

Resources:

• Get your copy of Raising Financially Fit Kids!

Connect with Joline Godfrey:

• Bounce 10
• LinkedIn: Joline Godfrey
• Joline@bounce-10.com

Connect with Earl Walton:

• LinkedIn: Earl Walton
• Website: Shorecrest Preparatory School
• ewalton@shorehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/earlwalton/crest.org

About our Guest:

Earl Walton is the Director of the Ross Reader Institute at Shorecrest Preparatory School, where he leads a K–12 program focused on financial literacy, economics, and entrepreneurship. Drawing on his background in business and entrepreneurship, Earl helps students develop practical life skills that prepare them to actively participate in their financial future. His work centers on building a curriculum that grows with students over time, introducing core money concepts early and reinforcing them through real projects, critical thinking, and exposure to a wide range of career paths.

Parents often wrestle with one universal question: “Will my kids be okay?”

This episode uncovers how that loving concern connects deeply with emotions, family values, and the power of community.

In this episode, Joline Godfrey speaks with Christi Rae, host of The Great Canadian Piggybank podcast, about helping parents build confidence around money conversations. Christi shares how her journey from gaming to financial education led her to foster community, balance technology with nature, and encourage families to talk openly about money.

Key takeaways:

• The universal parental worry about children’s financial future and why it stems from love
• Helping parents feel comfortable admitting what they don’t know about finances
• The importance of community and connection in learning about money together
• How financial literacy is tied to emotion, family values, and resilience
• Christi’s transition from gaming to creating The Great Canadian Piggybank and East Van Seeds to spread joy and community
• And more!

Resources:

• Get your copy of Raising Financially Fit Kids!

Connect with Joline Godfrey:

• Bounce 10
• LinkedIn: Joline Godfrey
• Joline@bounce-10.com

Connect with Christi Rae:

• LinkedIn: Christi Rae
• Website: East Van Seeds
• Podcast: Great Canadian Piggybank

About our Guest:

Christi Rae is the creator and host of The Great Canadian Piggybank, a podcast that helps parents feel more confident about teaching their kids money skills within a Canadian context. With over two decades of experience in the gaming industry, leading major franchises such as Fortnite and Gears of War, Christi brings creativity, empathy, and community-building to everything she does. She is also the founder of East Van Seeds, a community initiative promoting sustainability and connection through shared gardening resources.

Collecting is more than a hobby.

It’s a bridge between generations, a tool for financial learning, and a way to preserve family stories.

In this episode, Joline Godfrey welcomes Douglas Dreier, founder of The Collection Connection, to discuss how collecting ties memory, history, and financial skills together. From comic books to baseball cards, collecting not only nurtures curiosity but also teaches kids valuable life lessons.

Douglas shares:

• How collecting preserves stories and strengthens family bonds
• Why nostalgia drives people to reconnect with childhood joys through objects
• Ways parents can use their child’s interests (like comics or Pokémon) to build bridges
• How collecting teaches financial lessons like bartering, budgeting, and valuing assets
• The role of passion-driven collections in fostering social connection and lifelong learning
• And more!

Resources:

• Get your copy of Raising Financially Fit Kids!

Connect with Joline Godfrey:

• Bounce 10
• LinkedIn: Joline Godfrey
• Joline@bounce-10.com

Connect with Douglas Dreier:

• LinkedIn: Douglas Dreier
• Website: The Collection Connection

About our Guest:

The Collection Connection founder, Douglas Dreier, has spent his entire life cultivating the art and understanding the power of collection. With over 15 years spent managing a private museum dedicated to sharing a wide variety of items and collections, Douglas has amassed a variety of iconic items that not only tell a story but portray a unique aspect of human history.

At the core of Douglas’s mission lies a love for learning and teaching. Before managing his family’s museum, Douglas earned his Master’s Degree in Instructional Design from the University of Maryland, Baltimore College before teaching in low-income areas of Baltimore, Maryland and Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Now, Douglas has ventured into the business and consulting side of collecting with The Collection Connection. His vision is to make a community in which he can share his knowledge of museum ownership, investor relationships, curating exhibits, and understanding historical significance. Douglas seeks to inspire others with his passion for collecting. Be it natural history, documents, books, sports, entertainment, and anything else, Douglas believes such items have the power to excite our imaginations, transform our understanding, and bring us closer together.

Douglas is on the board for the Smithsonian Institute Traveling Exhibition Services (SITES), the Smithsonian Regional Council for Los Angeles, and the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.