Success Story: Going Green!

Teaching your kids and teens about financial responsibility can be challenging. Not everything works for every child or family situation. By highlighting a family’s success story I hope to give you an idea for your family or get you motivated to start an allowance program.

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When Janice Coviello told me her story about why she started her new business, I knew her story was perfect for my blog series “Success Story” because Janice was able to show her kids how important it is to follow your family values.

It was Earth Week and her 7 year old daughter came home from school to ask, “Hey, Mom, what are we doing to help protect the environment?”

“We recycle,” said Janice “And don’t forget that we walk to school.”

“Everyone does that!” her daughter said. “What else are we doing?”

"We can never be doing enough," Janice replied.

Janice is the kind of person who is committed to her causes. When the town started cutting down trees across the street from her house, she called the town to find out why. She found that they were cutting down four 100-year old trees just so they could build a drainage system for the town pool. Due to her commitment to save the trees in her town, the mayor has requested that Janice head the Tree Protection Committee for her town. Her kids think this is so cool.

Next Janice looked into a new business opportunity that would put her values where her money is: Viridian. She choose to be an Independent Associate for Viridian because it is an energy company that provides an alternative energy supply option for commercial businesses and residents that is both affordable and green.
When she told her kids about her new business they said “Now we really are doing something important to protect our earth.”

“And it’s also saving us money,” Janice told them. She feels great about how her business is meeting her family values of being green and also saves the family some money on their energy bill.

You can incorporate your family values into your allowance program by talking to your kids and teens about sharing and giving back to your community. Remember that a successful allowance program not only includes spending, saving but also sharing. What a great lesson for your family!

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Do you have your own Success Story? If so, I’d like to feature you in a future “Success Story” posting.

Tell me what you have done to help your kids and teens become financially responsible. I am interested in all your stories. It can be a small story or an amazing experience. Leave a comment to this post with your story and I will incorporate it into a future post. If you want to be interviewed – let me know how to contact you (I will not post your personal info).