I was hoping for a good book to help me with educating my teenage son about money. Half the book explains why our children expect so much to be given to them, without having to work for any of it. This half was interesting, but not entirely useful. The other half was about reviewing our own financial issues, how to improve, and how to transfer good habits to our children. I think I would have rated this higher had I read this when my son was younger. Although the book was still interesting and somewhat helpful, it is most ideal if you have young kids and can start them with good financial habits right away.

Good ideas, but bad writing. Repetitive.

Phenomenal work that helps readers see the insidiousness of consumer society by focusing on its impact on children and young adults. With mind-blowing statistics, good insight, and great questions at the end of each chapter, this book is a great place to start when looking at our consumer culture. Unfortunately, our market-driven society changes so quickly, this book is slowing becoming outdated.

A great way to get started thinking about money and your kids.

An interesting read...promotes teaching children to share/save/spend in that order and to have open discussions about finances.

This helped guide me as I was trying to decide how to handle allowance/ money management for my children. Although it's written from a religious standpoint, I found the information very practical and applicable. The one area I didn't agree with completely was on the need for as much donation as they claim (for children). Having said that, I still do follow the basic principles of this book for our kids (spend, save, donate). I used to have 3 piggy banks, one for each component. Now we keep track of the money on a spreadsheet on the computer to help the kids learn more about a banking type of approach.