Given how important financial skills are to navigating life, it is surprising that our schools do not teach children about money.
How many of us look back at our childhood and wish we would have been taught more about money? A lot of people graduate from college without any idea how to manage their money or balance their bank account. Maybe you were one of them.
Now that you have learned more about managing your money well, I am sure you want to help your kids not make the same mistakes. But then, even when many parents know it is important to teach their children about money matters at a young age, most do not know where to start or how to go about it.
I have been through this situation wherein, despite knowing what to teach my kids about money, I lacked the structure and skills to teach them in the way they would learn best, that is, through a medium they would like.
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