AN ORIGINAL BORING MONEY GUY SERIESFOR PARENTS & CHILDREN · FREE TO EXPLORE
Raise Them Ready.
Practical ways to start money conversations at home. Every How To stands alone: get the parent briefing, try something together and make the idea stick.
Feel confident first
Read the plain-English parent briefing, including what to say and what to watch out for.
Make them curious
Start with an interesting question, then use the activity to let them discover the answer.
Keep talking
Try a follow-up conversation, a game or an optional tracker. Nothing needs completing in order.
PICK THE QUESTION THAT INTERESTS YOU
Raise Them Ready: How To’s
Each guide is a complete experience in its own right. Start anywhere, and come back whenever a new money conversation comes up.
How to Get Your Child Interested in Investing
Can starting twelve years earlier change the finish line? Race two versions of yourself and find out.
Read the guide & try the activity →How to Incentivise Your Child to Save and Invest
Create a Parent Match, test the monthly cap and try a 12-month tracker together.
Read the guide & try the activity →Race to a Million
Predict who reaches £1 million younger, watch the animated race, and play solo or as a family.
Play the game →Not a course. Not homework.
You can use one idea over dinner, play a game on a rainy afternoon, or return to a briefing when you're ready to try a new conversation. The three parts of every How To are Parent Briefing → Try This With Them → Now Make It Stick, but they are there to help—not to impose a timetable.
Illustrative numbers are for education, not promises of investment returns. There's no pressure to open accounts or put money at risk.
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