In reflecting about the year, I noticed the topic of money came up in every conference or workshop I attended this year. Themes came up as:
- Education and money – we don’t teach it in school
- How we talk and discuss money with our kids- we talk differently to girls than boys about it
- Our relationship to money – how do we view money, what does money mean to each of us
- How to acquire money – crowd funding, acquiring capital, how do you get it, earn it,
- Why and how to save money
- Investing money
- Spending and debt
I bought something I wouldn’t ordinarily buy this year for Christmas presents for my daughter and nieces. I gave them books about money. You would think that it wouldn’t be too hard to do. Just go to the bookstore or Amazon and buy a book on money. I actually did that but found that there really aren’t many books on the subject for kids & teens.
These are the two books I bought.
It’s a Money Thing! : A Girl’s Guide to Managing Money from the Women’s Foundation of California publication date April 16, 2008.
A Smart Girl’s Guide: Money: How to Make It, Save it and Spend it by Nancy Holyoke from American Girl, publication date May 27, 2014.