Do I Look Like an ATM?: A Parent's Guide to Raising Financially Responsible African American Children

by Sabrina Lamb

Nominated

45th NAACP Image Awards, Outstanding Literary Work--Instructional

 

With step-by-step advice and exercises for African American parents and their children, this guide to fiscal responsibility sets out to establish new financial behavior so young people will avoid the personal economic problems that have plagued the culture. This book guides parents through a self-examination of their financial habits, and by performing the exercises included in this book and having candid discussions with their children, parents can become engaged citizens in the world of money. With new financial traditions and a better understanding of money and its meaning, the next generation will realize the true power of wealth and use their money wisely.

 

224 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2013

About the author

Sabrina Lamb is the best-selling author of Have You Met Miss Jones?: The Life and Loves of Radio's Most Controversial Diva? (Random House) and "A Kettle of Vultures...left beak marks on my forehead" (Simon & Schuster Oct. 2010). Sabrina has written over 17 cover and feature articles for several national magazines such as Ebony, Essence, Heart & Soul on subjects including Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick, The Evolving Black Church, Why Women Love Bad Boys to Surviving The Holidays with Your Family and We Count Black Men, Dont We?, among others. She was a monthly columnist for Black Elegance Magazine's He Say/She Say column. Her column Straight, No Chaser" appeared on http://www.987kissfm.com. She has been an engaging, regular panelist on BETs Meet The Faith and Tonight with Ed Gordon.
One may remember Sabrina, a Miami native, from Lifetime Television's Girl's Night Out, where she wove her comedic skills around issues such as homelessness, foreign policy and spousal abuse. Sabrina got laughs and delivered the message. Other stand-up credits include NBC's "Saturday Night Live", The Original Improv, Comedy Cellar, Stand Up New York, HBO/Toyota Comedy Festival and Black Entertainment Television's Comicview, which nominated her Best Female Comic and Best Impersonator.


Sabrina has been featured on CNNs Nancy Grace, Fox Business Network, WNBC-TV, WCBS-TV, BETs Meet The Faith, Tonight with Ed Gordon, HOT 97s Street Soldiers, Sharp Talk with Rev. Al Sharpton, WABC-TV, FOX-TV, Fox Business Network, UPN-CH9, Playboy Radio, WHAT 1340AM, WBLS-FM, WLIB-AM, WBAI-FM, Philadelphia Tribune, Kansas City Star, Jet Magazine, Urban Buzz, Rolling Out, Daily Challenge, Afro Times, New York Newsday, MJI Programming, BRE Show Prep, Time Out Magazine. She hosted and produced Laughing, Lying and Signifying the history of Black Comedy on WBAI-FM. She was also a political satirist on the America's Talking Network. Sabrina conceived and produced the hairlarious docu-comedy UnBeweavable: Woman, What Did You Do To Your Hair? The film garnered The Audience Choice Award at the Jamerican Film and Music Festival in Montego Bay, Jamaica and was featured on The Queen Latifah and The Jenny Jones Shows.

Sabrina is the Founder of the WorldofMoney.org, which is dedicated to the financial education of underserved youth. When Sabrina hosted a tribute to the Poet Laureate of New Jersey, The National Conference of Artists exclaimed Sabrina Lamb is a master of satirical humor with an emphasis on political current events. Her bites at the current U.S. administration left no one untouched.
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Reviews

[Allegra Adams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Do I Look Like An ATM has changed my perspective on financial education for my own children. I learned that family financial beliefs begin with me. I saw myself in many of the parent money archetypes that are detailed; and the impact on my children. This book is well-researched and can be used by all parents. It also includes revealing experiences from other parents who, like me, are determined to build financial security, together with my children. Bravo!

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

People who write for business and finance seem to be bad consumers of research and this was no exception. The author would state outstanding facts without stating where she got them, nor giving the weights and measures for the facts. If a reader doesn't have these two pieces of information then the facts are pretty much mute and void. There was a lot of preaching, but very little actual guidance given. Also, as with a lot of books, the font was humongous and there was very little actual information given. This should have been a pamphlet, not a book.

Maybe I should say that this is a okay first step as long as you use it to do more research on the subject.

[Lorne Bullen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really appreciate this book. As a parent of two children, ages 9 and 13, I now have the tools to explore not only my own relationship with money but the lessons - both overt and passive - lessons, my children learn from me and my husband. The book has plenty of sources and guidance so we now have an action plan. Highly recommended not only for African-American parents as the title indicates...but all parents can relate and benefit.