Children Finances

What makes for a successful investor? More important, what makes for a happy and meaningful life? According to legendary investor Jim Rogers, the road to financial success and the road to a meaningful life are one and the same.

Before Bill Gross was known among investors as the Bond King, he was a gambler. In 1966, a fresh college grad, he went to Vegas armed with his net worth ($200) and a knack for counting cards. Ten thousand dollars and countless casino bans later, he was hooked, so he enrolled in business school. The Bond King is the story of how that whiz kid made American finance his casino.

In Launching Financial Grownups, popular personal finance expert Bobbi Rebell gets candid about the very real-life challenges of getting young adults to choose to be financial grownups and develop their own financial foundation and security. She shares her own personal setbacks and solutions (both from her own past, and as a parent), and walks listeners through the ups and downs of financial adulting milestones.

When Emma Johnson's marriage ended, she found herself broke, pregnant, and alone with a toddler. Searching for the advice she needed to navigate her new life as a single professional woman and parent, she discovered there was very little sage wisdom available. In response, Johnson launched the popular blog Wealthysinglemommy.com to speak to other women who, like herself, wanted to not just survive but thrive as single moms.

Facing a divorce can be overwhelming, as you confront complex questions about everything from finances to child custody to your emotional well-being. The Divorce Survival Guide walks you through every step of the divorce process with straightforward tips, techniques, and checklists. It outlines your legal, parental, and financial rights, and details common scenarios that may arise in the legal proceedings so that you can make informed and thoughtful decisions.

Almost every couple faces a "now what?" moment as their last kid moves out of the house. There's a big empty nest looming over this new and uncertain stage in their lives. David and Veronica James chose to look at this next phase of life as a beginning instead of an ending. Rather than staying put and facing the constant reminders of empty bedrooms and backseats, a plan began to develop to sell the nest and hit the highway.

What if your child could master the money skills most adults never learned? In today’s world of impulse spending, digital wallets, and constant ads, most kids are being trained to spend but not to save. Without financial education early on, they risk growing up financially clueless—falling into debt, poor money habits, and financial stress. But what if you could change that—right now? Most parents wish they had learned how to manage money when they were younger. Now, you can equip your child with the money mindset and tools that will set them up for lifelong success. This isn’t just...

This account describes how a 28-year-old from Watford, Nick Leeson, plunged Barings Bank into ruin. In 1994, Leeson seemed to be making the company millions of pounds a week, but he explains how the cover-up of a colleague's small error led to the crash of Britain's oldest merchant bank.

New York Times–bestselling authors Richard and Linda Eyre have spent the last twenty-five years helping parents nurture strong, healthy families. Now they’ve synthesized their vast experience into an essential blueprint for instilling children with a sense of ownership, responsibility, and self-sufficiency. At the heart of their plan is a “Family Economy”, complete with a family bank, checkbooks for the kids, and a system of responsibilities that teaches children to earn money for the things they want.

Participating in the economy is a part of everyday life; yet much of what is commonly accepted as fact is wrong. Keynesian schoolteachers and the liberal media have filled the world with politically correct errors that myth-busting professor Robert Murphy sets straight. Murphy explains hot topics like outsourcing (why it's good for Americans) and zoning restrictions (why they're not). Just like the other books in the P.I.G. series, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism pulls no punches.

Saving Sammy is a fun and engaging book that teaches kids the importance of financial literacy. Through the story of a young boy named Sammy, readers will learn about budgeting, saving, and spending wisely. Sammy loves to play video games and eat junk food, but when he realizes that he never has enough money to buy the things he really wants, he decides to make a change. With the help of his parents, friends and new financial skills, Sammy learns how to set goals, make a budget, and save for what he really wants. This book is perfect for kids who want to learn about money management in a ...

Nationally bestselling author Loral Langemeier and coauthor Kyle Boeckman have been proving for years that it's possible to raise kids who are smart about money—and that ultimate success is practically guaranteed if it's done thoughtfully and consistently.

Rich Kid Smart Kid is written for parents who value education, want to give their children a financial head start in life, and are willing to take an active role to make that happen. In the Information Age, a good education is more important than ever. But the current educational system may not be providing all the information a child needs to thrive in today’s fast-paced, ever-changing world. This book was designed to fill in the gaps and to give your child the same inspiring and practical knowledge that Robert’s rich dad gave him.

CPR for the Soul is a paradigm shifting new book which not only changes how you think about your finances but also creates a new mission and purpose built on leaving a legacy. The entire book is built around three fundamental pillars of stewardship, ownership, and legacy - without which, there can be no wealth accumulation. The central theme is about understanding and implementing the steps necessary to position yourself to leave an inheritance for your children’s children.

Let’s face it, estate planning is complicated and confusing. And talking about your death is uncomfortable. It’s no wonder estate planning is one of those things parents put off until it’s too late. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Remember the story of Cinderella, the orphan mistreated by her evil stepmother and stepsisters? Consider an alternative legally "happily ever after" that starts with an estate plan and ends with Cinderella keeping the house! The reality is that children all over the world suffer because their parents fail to put an estate plan into place.

In this powerful and culminating work about a group of inner-city children he has known for many years, Jonathan Kozol returns to the scene of his prize-winning books Rachel and Her Children and Amazing Grace, and to the children he has vividly portrayed, to share with us their fascinating journeys and unexpected victories as they grow into adulthood. For nearly 50 years Jonathan has pricked the conscience of his readers by laying bare the savage inequalities inflicted upon children for no reason but the accident of being born to poverty within a wealthy nation.

What does this short story animated by tiny jungle creatures teach us? In this book you will find a story that will help kids to learn some fundamentals of finance, while having fun. Money or technical elements won't be mentioned, since we will introduce a mental approach, that will be useful for the resolution of problems. We will also teach how personal enrichment can be used to help people around us. “Everyone knows that ants are extraordinary animals. They work tirelessy, they can spend hours and hours, even days, hunting, transporting and storing food supplies for the whole community...

The time to start training your child is now! Before you know it, they will be leaving home to face a challenging world! This audiobook is all about money and is written for children as well as their parents. It is designed to encourage young people to keep track of their money and develop good personal finance habits that will last a lifetime! Help protect children for a lifetime by helping them discover how to manage the most important asset they will handle. Their money.

Invest in your child's financial future today with "The Smart Kids' Guide to Investing." Let's give your child the tools they need to become a financially savvy young investor. In today's fast-changing world, it's never too early to start teaching your child about money .Money is something that will stay with your kids for the rest of their lives so the earlier you start teaching them how to manage and make the best of it, the better for them. If you want to empower your child with essential financial skills, then this book is a must-read! Packed with engaging lessons, relatable stories,...

Weber offers listeners practical advice about how to use family meetings to provide financial education for children and strengthen family ties. A Spectrum of Legacies includes case studies, sample worksheets, and letters from Weber’s long experience as an advisor to affluent families. Listeners can use A Spectrum of Legacies to create legacies that pass their financial assets in a way that reflects their personal values, teaches their children, and benefits their communities.