Learning to manage money is a fundamental skill for navigating the world. It is as basic as learning to read and learning to cook, and yet, it comes with a lot of baggage. An allowance is one way to learn. Yes, I wrote about high finance in Hedge Funds For Dummies. I’m writing a book about options… [Read More]
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How much education about money should kids receive? And where?
The other night, I was talking to a friend who also has a son in high school about our kids’ schedules. Her son had to stop taking Spanish because his school district requires students to take a class in personal finance. On the one hand, I hated to see any American give up study of… [Read More]