Parenting and Pennies with Drs. Art and Sarah Rainer

• What is Greenlight? 
• What features and parental controls does Greenlight offer? 
• What are the pros and cons of using Greenlight for my family? 

At the end, we give you our recommendation for Greenlight. Can’t wait for you to join us for this season’s last episode of Parenting & Pennies.

Why do I need life insurance? How much life insurance do I need to protect my family? What type of life insurance should I purchase? 

Many of us never think about purchasing life insurance. Why? Maybe we are too busy, or we don’t have enough information about it, or maybe we want to avoid the topic of death. Whatever your reason, it’s time to reconsider. Purchasing life insurance is a wise and kind decision for your family. Life insurance helps take care of your family in the event of something tragic happening to you. Join us on this episode of Parenting & Pennies as we come alongside you with information to guide you in purchasing life insurance.

As parents, we desire to see our children filled with gratitude for what God has given them. But gratitude can be hard. Teaching your kids gratitude is a journey. Join Art and Sarah Rainer as they discuss 6 ways to teach your children gratitude. Learn Scripture and practical tips for choosing and teaching gratitude. Consider this an Attitude of Gratitude Guide!

Guess what? Kids can be expensive. If you are a parent, there may be some expenses right around the corner. And you need to start saving for them right ASAP. On this episode of Parenting & Pennies, Art and Sarah discuss 5 expenditures parents should save for. They also walk listeners through the 8 money milestones, what happens when you don’t save, and how to begin saving. From vacations to braces, budgeting to automating savings, from savings to purchasing a cow (yep, a cow!), join them on this episode of Parenting & Pennies.

Join us as we give practical financial steps for your teenager. From opening their own checking account, to saving for retirement, to living generously, we provide steps to help your teenager begin their own stewardship journey.

God has put you in a specific home in a specific community. Where you are is not an accident. Have you ever considered how to be generous with your home, the place God has given you? On this episode of Parenting and Pennies, Art and Sarah Rainer discuss ways to steward your home, as well myths about generosity. They connect the outward behaviors of generosity to the heart behind generosity. Get ready to learn about stewardship and leverage your home for Christ. Join them in learning how to be generous with your home.

Are you struggling to figure out how to implement regular chores for your kids? Should you have chores for your kids? In this episode of Parenting & Pennies, Drs. Art and Sarah Rainer answer common questions about chores charts to help your family implement a system that works for you. We tackle some key questions, like:

1. How old should a child be to begin a chore chart?
2. How many chores should a child have?
3. Should a child be rewarded or paid for chores?
4. What is GreenLight?
5. What should I consider when developing a chore chart?
6. How can a chore chart be used to teach more than just behavior?

Join Drs. Art and Sarah Rainer as they discuss practical tips for chore charts, but also how to utilize chores to teach important lessons that extend beyond behavior.

Join us and financial planner, Robby Scholes, as we discuss practical tips for saving for your kids’ colleges. We dive into questions, such as:

1. Where does saving for college fit into our family’s financial picture?
2. How much should we save for our childrens’ colleges?
3. What are 529 plans?
4. Which college savings plan is right for our family?
5. “My child is just a few years away from college…. What should I do to save?”

Using financial knowledge and biblical wisdom, we answer the questions that many parents are asking. But we don’t leave it at behavioral tools, we also touch on the heart behind giving your kids money for college.

Many parents know that God desires us to be generous, but parents may not know how to accomplish that goal. On this episode of Parenting & Pennies, we are joined by Jimmy and Kristin Scroggins to discuss how to build generosity into the fabric of our family. Here are the questions we tackle:

1. How did you teach your kids to be generous?
2. How did you teach your kids about the importance of giving to the local church?
3. What can parents do if their child doesn’t want to give or be generous?

Join us as we learn how to build a generous family.

So, you want to teach your kids about money. Where do you begin? Join us on this episode as we discuss the biblical foundation and building blocks to help you get the money conversation going in your house.

Just as physical homes need foundations, we too need a foundation for building our families’ finances. We will talk about laying the foundation (God owns everything) for our finances, and then using building blocks (GIVE, SAVE, LIVE) to create a reliable and biblically based approach to managing your household finances.