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Kids and Money: Giving Them Savvy to Succeed Financially (Bloomberg Personal Bookshelf)
Kids and Money Giving Them Savvy to Succeed Financially - Bloomberg Personal Bookshelf Author:Jayne A. Pearl For the 36 million American families trying to raise responsible savers, earners, spenders and investors. In her sharp, intuitive book, Kids and Money, Jayne A. Pearl offers scores of innovative, proven solutions for problems that concern parents of children ages 4 to 18+. Pearl talked to everyone-from personal finance experts to professors to m... more »oney psychologists to families across the nation-and the result is a tremendously practical, helpful book for today's parents. Pearl's goal in writing Kids and Money was to track down the most relevant solutions and real-life strategies for helping parents teach their children lifelong money skills and values. What to tell kids about money, and when. How to make children financially responsible-and ultimately, financially independent. How to defend against misconceptions and questionable values picked up from television, films, advertising, credit card companies, friends' families, and adults (even parents themselves). Kids and Money guides readers through financial milestones: allowances, credit cards, first jobs, budgeting, and saving for college. It helps parents, including single parents and blended families, face tough issues like shoplifting, gambling, and overspending. And it offers practical tips about wealth, estate planning, and charitable giving over a wide range of family money situations. Kids and Money is sensible and its advice is easy to implement. It will be of value to parents who are financially knowledgeable. To parents who aren't, it will be a gift. Features: Transforming shopping trips from battles over bucks into cooperative learning experiences; A four-step plan to help kids create- and use-a budget; Tips for minimizing college costs and maximizing college saving; Leads to valuable programs offered by banks, public companies, and financial markets; Includes worthwhile resources: web sites, books, periodicals, multimedia products, software; Speaks to a full range of family financial circumstances. Jayne A. Pearl is an independent journalist and author, formerly on the staff of Forbes magazine and a co-launcher of Family Business magazine. She has been writing about business and finance for nearly 20 years. She is, of course, a parent!« less