122. Do You Struggle with Teaching Your Kids Financial Wellness? The Parenting Secrets Behind Raising Financial Grownups with Bobbi Rebell

<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The greatest gift you can give your children is your own financial independence when you get older so that they don't have to financially take care of you.” - Bobbi Rebell</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bobbi Rebell is the author of Launching Financial Grownups: Live Your Richest Life by Helping Your (Almost) Adult Kids Become Everyday Money Smart. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She is also a Certified Financial Planner, the founder of Grownup Gear - merchandise to celebrate all the milestones of adulting, a former global business news anchor having worked at CNBC, CNN and Reuters - and the host of the Money Tips for Financial Grownups podcast, of which I am a guest as well!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But on top of it all Bobbi is a mom of 3, a 14 year old and 2 step-children, ages 22 and 25, navigating motherhood as a blended family.</span></p> <p><strong>In this episode, Bobbi and I chat about...</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Her experience becoming an instant mom of 3 in 2.5 years in a blended family while managing a full-time career as a TV anchor</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The importance of her career to her identity</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">How she had to make hard career choices as a working mom based on the lifestyle and workplace culture</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Going on a “mentor tour” and tips on changing careers as a working mom</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The meaning of being a “financial grownup”</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">3 tips on how to talk about finances with your kids</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strategies to avoid a scarcity mindset around money when talking to your kids</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Follow Bobbi at</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Website: <a href= "https://www.bobbirebell.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">ww