Cradle to Credit: Money Lessons From Birth To 18

Cradle to Credit provides parents a visual timeline, the topics and the simple language needed to describe financial topics to preschool, elementary, middle and high school age kids. Plus, mastery activities are included in every chapter.Parents are guided as to what about money to talk about, when to talk about it as a family and how to explain complex ideas in simple terms. Beyond telling kids to save money, young people need a firm grip on personal finance if they are going to move away and lead independent, successful lives without the help of mom and dad in the future.Topics range from simple and compound interest to credit reports to the impact of finances after 18 years old once kids on their own. This book is ideal for parents who don’t know where to begin, have shame surrounding any knowledge gaps they may have, and wonder when and how to talk about money so it sticks with kids.This is not a book to hand to kids and hope they choose to read it . . . Cradle to Credit provides a blueprint for parents starting in year one but is an excellent go-to resource at any time. It is colorful, visual and provides lots of examples that bring money lessons to life. Available in print and Kindle editions. Read more