Money for Teens: A Guide for Life
This book at a glance:
Title: Money for Teens: A Guide for Life
Author: Tim Wuebker
Paperback: 291 pages
Publisher: Independently published
Publishing date: July 19, 2019
Average customer review: 4.6 out of 5 stars
Who is the purpose of the book?
Teenagers and young adults interested in learning about basic and advanced money concepts
Adults wanting more financial education
Parents of teenagers
What’s inside this book?
Over 100 bite-sized chapters and exercises designed for teens
Financial tips and commonly requested topics from the author’s teenage students
Ten things you’ll learn from this book:
1. Budgeting basics
2. Investing with index funds
3. Relationships and money: How to make an “A” in both
4. Negotiating with honesty
5. Why almost all debt is bad
6. 20 ways to graduate college without debt
7. The best decision-making model
8. All about the F.I. (Financial Independence) and F.I.R.E. (Financial Independence Retire Early) movements
9. Time management: three excellent methods
10. The pitfalls of addictions and how they can destroy your finances
Five questions this book will answer for you:
1. Who makes more: givers or takers?
2. How do millionaires raise responsible, non-entitled kids?
3. Do happy people usually make more money than unhappy people?
4. Do honest people often make more money than dishonest people?
5. How can you make the emotional side of money and happiness work for you?
What people are saying about this book:
“It is geared to high school and college kids, but could be useful to anyone else who wants some help with managing their money.”
“Many of us were taught about money management by our parents, but today’s youth are lacking considerably in the areas of personal finance.”
“This book gives some wonderful tips on saving and investing for the future, along with keeping debt low.”
“Not an easy read for teens. Tends to go over (the) same thing in different words.”