In Money Savvy Kids, trusted personal financial expert Gordon Pape teams up with Deborah Kerbel to provide parents with everything they need to know to raise money-savvy kids. This practical book includes advice and tips on
• how to be a great role model when it comes to money• when to introduce money concepts (and it’s never too late to start!)• how to make it fun, including activities, games, websites, and money apps• when to start an allowance and how much to give• money basics, including budgeting, learning to save, smart spending,and giving to charity• banking essentials, concepts for junior investors, and advice for raisingbudding entrepreneurs• how to teach kids to be money smart in an age of debt and overspending Whether your kids are toddlers or teens, it’s never too early or too late to start talking about money and how to save, spend, and manage it wisely. Pape and Kerbel make it easy to raise money-savvy kids!
Gordon is Canada’s best-known financial writer. He is the author of more than 20 books on investing and money management and is the editor and publisher of five financial newsletters. His columns on investing appear in several magazines and on major Canadian websites and he is frequently quoted in the media. He divides his time between Toronto and his winter home in Fort Myers Beach, Florida.
Gordon Kendrew Pape, B.A.; author, broadcaster, lecturer; b. San Francisco, Cal. 1936; came to Can. 1950; e. Three Rivers High Scho., Trois Rivieres, Que. 1954; Carleton Univ. B.A. 1959; Univ. of Toulouse 1960-61 (Rotary Foundation Fellowship); Pres., Gordon Pape Enterprises; Educ. Writer The Gazette Montreal 1961-63, Que. Bureau Chief 1963-66, Parlty. Corr. Ottawa 1966-70, Assoc. Ed. Montreal 1973-74; Bureau Chief, Southam News Service, London, Eng. 1970-73; Asst. to Publisher Financial Times of Canada 1974-7
Very educational. As a teen, I also personally think that around age 14, the child should take a look at this book to understand and maybe use some of the tips themselves.