The opposite of spoiled : raising kids who are grounded, generous, and smart about money / Ron Lieber.
"We may not realize it, but children are hyperaware of money. They have scores of questions about its nuances that parents often don't answer, or know how to answer well. But for Ron Lieber, a personal finance columnist and father, good parenting means talking about money with our kids much more often. When parents avoid these conversations, they lose a tremendous opportunity--not just to model important financial behaviors, but also to imprint lessons about what their family cares about most.Written in a warm, accessible voice, grounded in real-world stories from families with a range of incomes, The Opposite of Spoiled is a practical guidebook for parents that is rooted in timeless values. Lieber covers all the basics: the best ways to handle the tooth fairy, allowance, chores, charity, savings, birthdays, holidays, cell phones, splurging, clothing, cars, part-time jobs, and college tuition. But he also identifies a set of traits and virtues--like modesty, patience, generosity, and perspective--that parents hope their young adults will carry with them out into the world.In The Opposite of Spoiled, Ron Lieber delivers a taboo-shattering manifesto that will help every parent embrace the connection between money and values to help them raise young adults who are grounded, unmaterialistic, and financially wise beyond their years"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780062247018 (hardback)
- ISBN: 0062247018 (hardback)
- Physical Description: xii, 240 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Harper, 2015.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-229) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Why we need to talk about money -- How to start the money conversations -- The allowance debates -- The smartest ways for kids to spend -- Are we raising materialistic kids? -- How to talk about giving -- Why kids should work -- The luckiest -- How much is enough? |
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Subject: | Children > Finance, Personal. Parenting. |
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The Opposite of Spoiled : Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart about Money
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Table of Contents
The Opposite of Spoiled : Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart about Money
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Author's Note | p. xi | |
1 | Why We Need to Talk About Money | p. 1 |
The responsibilities we never faced at their age and the power of real conversations | ||
2 | How to Start the Money Conversations | p. 15 |
Curiosity, lies, and the single best reply to every hard question about money (and sex and drugs) | ||
3 | The Allowance Debates | p. 45 |
Three jars, unpaid chores, and a whole lot of patience | ||
4 | The Smartest Ways for Kids to Spend | p. 71 |
The hours-of-fun-per-dollar test, Grandma Dana's shopping ritual, and the importance of record-store pit stops | ||
5 | Are We Raising Materialistic Kids? | p. 89 |
The tooth fairy, the travel-team dilemma, and the making of a more modest school | ||
6 | How to Talk About Giving | p. 117 |
Narrating your way through gifts of $1, $1,000, and $1 million | ||
7 | Why Kids Should Work | p. 147 |
Lessons from farm work, mandatory tuition payments, and a unified theory of tin can redemption | ||
8 | The Luckiest | p. 169 |
Instilling gratitude, grace, and perspective in our sons and daughters | ||
9 | How Much Is Enough? | p. 199 |
All about trade-offs | ||
Acknowledgments | p. 209 | |
Notes | p. 215 | |
Bibliography | p. 223 | |
Index | p. 231 |