We are working on a complete finance course for kids, but it’s not ready yet. Until then, get our free 4-day course that equips you to teach your kids about money here. For the complete course, read on to see what’s coming.
You can see the most recent update on the course progress here.
This course contains content for children of all ages. It will include videos, graphics, quizzes, worksheets, and other written content. The primary intent is to equip you, the parent, to teach your children about money, but expect to learn a lot from the children’s lessons. This is stuff most people have never heard. There are also videos for you children, from young kids to teens.
Here are the primary topics that will be discussed:
Parent Finance 101
- A short course of financial basics to equip parents from the start
- Pointers on how to continually teach your children
- The basics of smart shopping and budgeting
- An overview of common financial pitfalls
- An overview of investing practices
The Importance of Work
- How to teach your children work ethic
- How an allowance may not be the answer
- How to set up a pay system for your children
- How money comes from work, not mom and dad’s pockets
Understanding Financial Systems
- How banks, checking accounts and savings accounts work
- How insurance works and when/why it’s important
- An overview of the government and taxes
Important Investing Insights
- Investing vs. saving
- The simplicity of investing
- The importance of starting young
- The different reasons to start investing
Marketing and Advertising
- How children can battle marketing by being content
- How most marketing is directed towards children
- How to spot marketing instead of giving in to it
- The ultimate goal of marketing
Paying for College
- Whose responsibility is it?
- How to financially prepare for college
- The different methods to save for college
- The ways children can go to college without anyone going broke
The Dangers of Debt
- Real stories of people who have ruined their life with debt
- How most adults are climbing out of piles of debt
- How to avoid getting into consumer debt
The Importance of Giving
- Why everyone should give something
- How the tithe may or may not apply to us today
- The different ways to teach your child to love giving
Stewardship
- The importance of taking care of what you own
- Leaving things better than you found them
- An interesting story about stewardship
The Famous Money Jars
- Spending/saving/giving
- Which ages to start which jar
- The best way to use money jars as a teacher
- One or two more jars may be the key to financial success
This is just a brief overview of some of the topics you can expect in the course. These topics (and more) are broken down into multiple videos and lessons.
