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Saturday, August 6, 2011

Financial Concepts Children Need to Know at Various Ages

As they have demonstrated with unwavering consistency, kids are financially illiterate.  Many parents understand that this puts them at the mercy of the shark-infested waters of the financial services industry and are seeking a remedy.

Here is a good article on "What Kids Should Know About Money At 9, 13, 18 and 23."

I would add that someone in the family should sit down with the "kid" when they get their first real job and carefully go over the benefits package, including insurance offerings, health insurance choices, and especially the company 401(k).  At this point, carefully review the importance of exploiting the company match as well as saving and investing at a young age.

Bankrate offers a simple savings calculator that can show the value of saving at a young age.

Two books I recommend that can be read profitably by  parent as well as budding careerist are:
I Will Teach You To Be Rich and Millionaire Teacher: The Nine Rules of Wealth You Should Have Learned in School

Posted by Robert Wasilewski at 9:11 AM
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3 comments:

  1. MoneyConeAugust 7, 2011 at 8:19 AM

    Absolutely great advice Robert! Parents should sit with their kids to go over the concept of money and how small decisions (roth?) can have tremendous impact later on.

    I also think it would be an excellent idea to plant in the seed of the benefits of saving by doing an 'allowance match' if your kid saves instead of spends his allowance! What better way to teach what a 401K is?! :)

    BTW, I can't see your recommended books. :(

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  2. DIY InvestorAugust 7, 2011 at 9:24 AM

    re: MoneyCone I agree with the allowance match for saving.
    I'm not sure why you can't see the books unless you have firewall that is blocking them. I'll check into it, thanks!

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