June Stewart learned about money at a very early age. Her mother was disciplined about money and taught Stewart the financial basics. Stewart got her first job in her teens and a checkbook shortly thereafter. She became a contributor to her household and shared what she earned. “My parents didn’t go to college, but my mother invested in stocks and watched her stocks grow,” Stewart says. “I feel like I got a strong foundation. I understood the whole framework around finances, investing and managing money, giving back and being a wise steward.”

Today, the 41-year-old human resources specialist Columbus, Ohio is passing on her mother’s values to her 5-year-old daughter. “When I found out I was pregnant, I called my financial guy to find out how much it would cost to pay for my daughter to go to school,” Stewart says. “She got her payout before she even got here.” Read the full story