Teen Money 101. Stacia LLC Morris

      The Martin Family

      Meet the Martin family. David Martin is the father and Jennifer Martin is the mother. The son, Dan, is sixteen and the daughter, Bria, is fourteen. Mr. Martin is a Physical Education teacher and Mrs. Martin is a stay-at-home mom and entrepreneur. David goes by the nickname Dave.

      Dave

      The family has a long soccer history. The father, Dave, began playing soccer on a tiny island in the Caribbean, where, at around 5 years of age he joined his two older brothers on the soccer field. Dave improved tremendously and was one of the youngest players on the island’s youth team. Dave also represented his island on the senior squad, then played semi-professional soccer in the U.S.A. Dave has developed his unique coaching technique and runs coaching clinics throughout the North Eastern U.S.A.

      Dave and his brothers continue to play and coach soccer.

      Jennifer

      The Mom is a stay at home mother and an entrepreneur. She spends a lot of her time chauffeuring her two teenagers to school and after-school activities. Her aspiration is to fully dedicate herself to the development of her business once her teenagers are off to college. However, this past year she has spent some of her time acquiring an associate degree in Criminal Justice.

      Dan

      Dan is a great soccer player and has been playing soccer since he was about 4 years old. Based on the long family soccer history, Dan initially faced tremendous pressure to constantly perform at his soccer games. He struggled with the pressure until he became older and mentally strong enough to ask his dad to ease the pressure.

      Dan enjoys attending high school. His favorite subjects are History and English. He also enjoys spending as much time as possible with his friends. Although he is a good student athlete who participates in many activities, playing soccer is his passion. As Dan says, during his early years of life soccer was an activity that he played for fun. However, as he has grown older and matured, soccer has become more of a job.

      Based on Dan’s perspective, now that he is 16 years old, life has become more hectic than ever.

      Dan has given some thought about what he would like to do when he is older. As of right now he feels that he can be a great professional athlete, but if not that, he then wants to be a sports writer of some sort. He believes that in one way or another his occupation will fall into the sports industry or entertainment.

      “In all I plan to make something of myself, no matter where life takes me,” says Dan.

      Bria

      Bria is an insatiable reader who spends all of her money at the bookstore. One of her aunts once gave her $100 as a gift and she spent $87 at the book store. Her aunt wished that she had gone to the library, borrowed the books and saved the $100. However, Bria’s explanation of her book-buying habit is that she loves to re-read her books at her leisure.

      Bria is also an accomplished scholar-athlete. Her favorite subjects are history, mathematics and Spanish. She is not particularly fond of English. She also enjoys playing soccer and basketball, listening to music and watching TV.

      Bria is not sure what she wants to be when she grows up, but she is currently very interested in computer graphics, baking and sports. She envisions herself in a profession that incorporates at least one of these interests.