Welcome to SmartKids SmartParents ®

SKSP is an advocate for financial literacy for people of all ages, especially families. It’s about financial stability. This Smartkids Smartparents ® website is designed to be a destination place for financial education in a simple, easy and fun format through books, online seminars, resources, shared success stories and more tips. Most importantly it is a place to find solutions that can positively impact your financial landscape and future for you & your family.

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SKSP is for - financial planners, educators, grandparents, family members & yes SINGLE people who are still a kid inside.

About Us

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About SmartKids SmartParents®

SKSP is an advocate for financial literacy for people of all ages, especially families. It’s about financial stability. This Smartkids Smartparents ® website is designed to be a destination place for financial education in a simple, easy and fun format through books, online seminars, resources, shared success stories and more tips. Most importantly it is a place to find solutions that can positively impact your financial landscape and future for you & your family.

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About Fran Christie

Fran Christie is the Founder of SmartKids SmartParents® an author, speaker and entrepreneur. She sees first hand the ramifications of zero education relating to money in families. Her 1st book “101 Money Tips for Kids & Parents” is a refreshing and simple approach with tips on saving and earning money for kids, adults and families. Here, Fran offers you advice that comes from both her heart and her experience.

Fran has worked in the financial field, sales and marketing for the past 30 years. Out of that expertise she began her journey with SmartKids SmartParents 10 years ago and now books, ebooks, a website, private consultations and group presentations have all come to fruition. She is a Certified Money Coach with the Money Coaching Institute, and a member of the Canadian Association of Management Consultants of Canada (CMC-Canada).

While talking with friends and clients, she discovered, that like herself, they had not been taught basic money principles like saving and budgeting while growing up. She thought if it’s true of the people she knows, it surely must be true of the majority of the population.

Fran’s passion for financial education extends beyond money. She clearly views money as an important tool in life. How we handle money contributes to individual character and often family stability. Much of Fran’s passion comes from her belief that the family is the nucleus of our society and that money trouble is a common source of conflict & breakup within families.

Fran is a business woman who has always valued and demonstrated a strong work ethic. She knows the hard work it takes to be successful and the self-discipline to takes to save and to spend wisely. Currently, Fran finds great satisfaction in supporting young entrepreneurs and is committed to assisting those who are wanting to understand their relationship to money better during these current economic times.

From her home in a beautiful seaside community south of Vancouver, BC, Fran is an avid reader and researcher. Fran loves the outdoors, enjoys hiking, sailing and horseback riding. Her priorities are spiritual and personal development which she mainly fulfills through personal health, physical fitness and strong family values.

Money Info

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Understanding Money Types

The concept of psychological archetypes was originally advanced by Carl Jung, the father of modern psychology. In Jung’s psychological framework, archetypes are innate, universal prototypes that are highly useful for interpreting observations or behaviors that are largely unconscious.
They represent patterns of behavior or ideas that have are part of the “collective unconscious”. The collective unconscious is also known as “the vast reservoir of our experience as a species.” Archetypes are the original language of human beings. They are symbolic. Before we had words, or language, we had symbols, which are what archetypes represent.

Your money archetypes are not your personality or “who you are”, but are symbolic metaphors that help us to understand our patterns and behaviors. Simply stated, they show us “where we are” so that we can become aware of, and change our unconscious behaviors. Archetypes are powerful “teachers” and “allies” since they inform us of where we need to grow.

The eight Money Types or archetypes in Money Coaching are:

  • Innocent
  • Victim
  • Warrior
  • Martyr
  • Fool
  • Creator/Artist
  • Tyrant
  • Magician

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Understand the eight money archetypes by reading about characteristics of each money type >

Find out your predominant money archetypes by taking the free money type quiz >

Our Book

101 Money Tips For Kids & Parents

SmartKids SmartParents® presents its first publication “101 Money Tips for Kids & Parents”.
This book is for parents, family, friends and financial industry. It’s for anyone interested in learning and teaching kids about basic money principles for a successful life.

“Just one tip from this book can create a new money habit in your life and potentially save hundreds or thousands of dollars a year. “

Fran

Tip # 55:
Convert your loose change into silver and gold – literally. Quarters and dollar bills add up. Take notice of currency rates and buy when silver and gold are low – re-sell when it is higher or collect them for the grandkids. Store in a safe place.

Go to www.mint.ca (Canadian Mint) and www.usmint.gov (US Mint).