Raising financially fit kids - Joline Godfrey

Is your child a spendthrift? A hoarder? Or maybe, downright oblivious? Are there family money dramas you can do without? In RAISING FINANCIALLY FIT KIDS, Joline Godfrey, one of the countrys leading experts on kids, parents, and money, gives parents the secrets and knowledge she has gleaned from a decade of working with kids on financial literacy and business. At the heart of the book lies a defined set of values:

Since 1992, JOLINE GODFREY has been a pioneer in the movement to increase financial literacy and empowerment in young people; today she is one of the country's leading experts on kids, parents, and money. Joline holds degrees from the University of Maine and Boston University, and has studied child development extensively. She is the author of Our Wildest Dreams, No More Frogs to Kiss, and Twenty $ecrets: The DollarDiva's Guide to Life. Joline lives in Ojai, California.

-R. Quirk, Federal Reserve Bank

"I look forward to this every month and find it useful already with my five-year-old."
-Toodi Gunter, Columnist, Business Week

"Once again Joline Godfrey sets the standard on the financial literacy front. All the tips today's parents need are within this richly packed volume: Joline offers up age-appropriate lessons for each stage of a young person's financial journey. No one does it better."
-Whitney Ransome and Meg Milne Moulton, Executive Directors, National Coalition of Girls' Schools

"Financial literacy is listed in Faith Popcorn's Dictionary of the Future as a service being offered by a growing number of investment firms for their clients. Godfrey's book gives us yet another terrific tool with which to support the needs of our clients."
-Carol Malnick, Partner, Nelson Capital