Through her practice as a certified financial planner, Peggy Houser has seen crises and problems arise when basic financial skills are lacking. As an expert on women's and children's issues, she determined that her grandchildren would learn the ten basic financial rules early in life. This decision led to How to Teach Children About Money. Houser is a frequent lecturer and seminar leader on financial planning for women. Hassell Wright, an award-winning author, is a former editor who writes on a wide variety of subjects and has written for national magazines and newspapers and is currently at work on her fourth book. This book has just been reissued in a third edition.
Houser - All around us we see signs of financial trouble, from great credit card debt to personal bankruptcy. I would like to see children everywhere learn to manage their money and learn to live within their income as they move through the different stages of life. If there is a special child in your life between 5 and 15, make a luncheon date and talk with that child about a plan you could work on together. That plan is outlined with step-by-step instructions for the adult and includes exercises and field trips.
There's even a crash course in the front of the book for adults.