“Smart Money Smart Kids” by Dave Ramsey and Rachel Cruze is a book about how to raise your kids to win with money. I was excited when I heard this book was coming out and am happy to be able to review it.
The advice is age specific which gives parents helpful suggestions to use with their own children. If you have read “The Total Money Makeover” you will not see a lot of new in this volume other than the suggested ages to talk about finances. It is put together different, obviously, in order to keep your children from going into debt to begin with rather than trying to dig them out of debt.
My favorite part of this was hearing the Ramsey stories from Rachel’s perspective. If you have listened to the radio show for any length of time you have heard Dave talk about family stories. Hearing Rachel’s side was quite interesting to me as she was the child on the other side of the talks.
All in all it was a worthwhile read for me even though I have read his other books and gone through Financial Peace University. I would definitely recommend it if you have a child and you want some suggestions on how and when to talk to them about certain aspects of money management.
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*Note: I received a copy of this book at no charge in exchange for my honest review.*
It’s on my reading list. I picked it up at a Dave Ramsey event where Rachel spoke too. She’s just a super nice person and love that she talks about her experience and struggles too. Can’t wait to do a review on it myself but I have a feeling it’s going to get 5 out of 5 stars.
I like seeing her side of the story. It is an interesting take after hearing the dad side for so long.