The following questions will help you and your partner get on the same page when it comes to the important lessons you want to teach your children about money. They will also help those of you raising children alone to clarify your beliefs and values.

• What do we think is important for our child to know about saving money?
• What do we think is important for our child to know about investing?
• What do we think is important for our child to know about debt?
• What do we think is important for our child to know about charitable giving?
• How can we nurture the growth and development of these beliefs?  What adjustments do we have to make in our own words and behaviors?
• What do we want our child to know about communication when it comes to financial issues? Are we demonstrating this in our behavior? What adjustments need to be made?
• Do we have money scripts that need to be rewritten? Are they playing out in our conversations and behaviors with our children? How can we do better in our words and actions?
• What are the financial situations we want are children to avoid? What’s the best way we can express the dangers of these situations, while letting them know that we trust them to make sound financial choices?
• What are the things and activities that make our children happy? What role will money play in that equation—on our part and on theirs?