Raising Financially Fit Kids, Revised

Thiscombinationparentingandpersonalfinancebookhelpsparentsteachtheirchildrenkeymoneyskills--suchassaving，spending，budgeting，investing，buildingcredit，anddonating--thatthey'llneedtobecomefinanciallysecureadults. Parentswanttheirchildrentoenjoybrighteconomicfutures.Buthowdoweequipthenextgenerationwithlifelongfinancialskills? Inthisupdatededitionof RaisingFinanciallyFitKids，JolineGodfreysharesknowledgegleanedfromtwodecadesofpreparingchildrenandfamiliesforfinancialindependenceandstewardship，philanthropiceffectiveness，andmeaningfuleconomiclives.Attheheartofthebookarethreebigideas：•Financialeducationisnotjustaboutthemoney;it’s aboutbuildinggreatfamiliesandraisingself-confidentkidswhohavethetoolstorealizetheirdreams.•Financialsustainabilitymeanslivingwithinone’smeansandacquiringskillstocreateandmanagehumanandfinancialcapital.•Givingwiselyisaglobalcitizen’sresponsibility.Designedforparents，grandparents，mentors，advisors，andeducators， RaisingFinanciallyFitKids usestencoremoneyskillsappliedacrossfivedevelopmentallifestages：children，tweens，middleschoolers，highschoolers，andtwenty-somethings.Eachstageincludesage-appropriateactivitiesthatmakefinancialfitnessfun，frommallscavengerhuntstofinancialfilmfestivals.  Inthisglobaleconomiclandscape，weallneedfinancialfluency.Whetheryourchildisfive，fifteen，ortwenty-fiveyearsold，it’snevertoolatetoteachfinancialliteracy. RaisingFinanciallyFitKids preparesyourchildrenforthecomplexitiesoflivinginaglobaleconomyandhelpsyourfamilyupyourgamefromgoodtogreat.