Help for the grown-ups
Everything you need to carry the conversation on.
Our videos are made for kids, but the learning sticks when a grown-up joins in. This is the grown-up corner: how to watch or use an episode with your child or class, plus guidance for parents and schools and a few articles to draw on.
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For Parents
How we keep the videos safe, what's in each episode, and the two ways most families use the series.
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Articles
Short, practical pieces on talking about money and life skills with kids, without it turning into a lesson.
Browse the articles →How to watch or use it, with your child or class.
Whether you're a parent on the sofa or a teacher at the front of a room, the rhythm is the same. You don't need to prepare anything.
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Pick one episode.
Each is 8–14 minutes. One episode at a time goes a long way. No need to binge.
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Watch together if you can.
It doubles the value of the episode, at home or in the classroom.
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Ask one open question afterwards.
"What did you learn?" can land like a test. Something like "what surprised you?" or "what would you have done?" tends to open them up more.
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Let them lead.
If they want to talk for ten minutes, brilliant. If they want to go play, that's also fine. The seed is planted.
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Come back to it.
Real-life moments are the best follow-up. Next time you're at the shop, in the car, or paying for something, bring it back up.
Questions that work better than "what did you learn?"
“What was your favourite bit?”
“What surprised you?”
“Have you ever felt like [character name]?”
“Would you do what [character] did?”
“What would you tell a friend about this?”
These work because they invite a story, not a test answer.
Pairing the episode with real life
A few examples from the Money Basics series. Flip a card to see the follow-up activity.
Episode 2: Plan Before You Spend
Flip for the activityNext time pocket money lands, try the FIVE-FOUR-ONE split: 5 parts to spend, 4 to save, 1 to give (so 50p spend, 40p save, 10p give from £1). Set up three jars and let it run.
Episode 3: Need It or Want It?
Flip for the activityWhen you're at the shop and they're asking for something, ask back: "Is that a need or a want?" Treat it as a game, not a refusal.
Episode 4: How Saving Works
Flip for the activitySet one savings goal together: a toy, a trip, anything. Track it on the fridge.
We have goal-trackers, sorting cards, and 3-jar templates in the shop if you want printables to back any of these up. They're optional; pen and paper work just as well.
When kids ask hard questions
Big topics raise questions grown-ups don't always have the answer to. That's fine. The honest answer ("I don't know, let's find out") is better than a guess.
Our Family Conversation Guide (coming soon) is a grown-up-facing companion to the series, every awkward question we could think of, with one or two ways to answer it.
A note on screen time
Each episode is 8–14 minutes. Watching one a week with your child is under an hour a month, well inside any reasonable screen-time guideline. The episodes are designed to replace a few minutes of YouTube algorithm time, not add to it.