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Teaching Children Financial Responsibility

1.  Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Financially Responsible Children; by Neale

Godfrey. NY Times best seller addressing entitlement mentality and allowances.

2.  Raising Financially Fit Kids; by Joline Godfrey. A parent’s guide to raising financially sophisticated

children.

3.  The Financially Intelligent Parent: 8 Steps to Raising Successful, Generous, Responsible Children; by

Eileen & Jon Gallo. Explains how-to’s of financial literacy. 4.  Raising Money Smart Kids; by Janet Budnar. Emphasizes ins-and-outs of teaching good credit and debt

management to today’s kids. 

5.  Moneyology: A Kid’s Guide to Money ; by Alan Wolan. Talk about finances to your kids.

6.  Teach Children Financial Responsibility with a Family Economy, by Linda and Richard Eyre. Deseret

News, 22 July 2012, page 5. Also Teaching your Children Values and www.valuesparenting.com. Other

books include “The Entitlement Trap: How to rescue your child with a new family system of choosing,

earning and ownership”; “On the Homefront” & “5 Spiritual Solutions for Everyday Parenting

Problems.” Some of their books now available free on www.EyersFreeBooks.com. 

7.  Money Starts Here! Your Shortcut Guide to Financial Freedom; by Denise Winston. Budgeting habitsteach children values that go beyond monetary value.

8.  Berenstain Bears’ Trouble with Money ; by Stan & Jan Berenstain. Bears learn important lessons about

earning & spending money.

9.  Money Madness; by David A. Adler. Introduces the concept of money. Long ago people traded rocks or

sheep for items they wanted, but rocks were heavy & sheep ran away… a beginning guide to

economics.

10.  One Cent, Two Cent, Old Cent, New Cent: All About Money ; Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library; by Bonnie

Worth. The Cat in the Hat puts to rest any notion that money grows on trees.

11. Ultimate Kids’ Money Book ; by Neale S. Godfrey. Explains many basic and advanced concepts to kids ina fun format.

12.  The K ids’ Allowance Book ; by Amy Nathan. Targets school age children to teach ideas on use of 

allowances & techniques for staying on track.

13.  The Ultimate Gift ; by Jim Stovall, book. Movie edition, www.theultimategift.com. 

14.  Money Savvy Generation; by Susan Beacham, CEO; Money Savvy Pig, a piggy bank for children to teach

children about saving, spending, donating and investing money. Other products available. Teach kids &

teens the basic building blocks for good financial decision making. www.msgen.com

15.  Practical Money Skills for Life. www.practicalmoneyskills.com. Offers many games, educational tools

and tips on investing for children, young adults and adults.16.  Games for Learning. Young people need to learn the concepts of scarcity, budgeting, planning and

investing.

a.  Payday : A game that helps players think about the basic costs of living and how to make dollars

stretch to meet the days of the month. www.educationallearninggames.com

b.  Stock Market Tycoon: A fun game about the stock market which teaches about diversification of

portfolios, impact of trends and consumer whims, and managing life’s unexpected events. 

c.  Wall Street Spin: Designed to educate kids ages 10-12 on the stock market in an engaging way.

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