“Teaching kids to prepare themselves for a bright financial future is of the utmost importance,” Kidcent's Books
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| Six year old Chynna Dock during a 2006 Kidcent's Workshop |
Research shows:
- Money is the number one cause of divorce in America.
- Money is among the top reasons people commit suicide.
- Approximately 75% of Americans live financially month to month.
- Less than 10% of high school graduates receive any financial education in school.
- College students owe more than $7,000 in credit card debt.
- When surveyed college students in 2003 and found that 61% of them said they planned to live with their
parents after graduation!
- Consumer debt’s and bankruptcies
is at an all time high.
- Only a third of this country’s
Baby Boomer generation are saving enough for retirement.
- There
is not a guarantee that social security will be around when our kids reach retirement age.
- Up until now our focus on
educating kids about Money have been left up to parents who often know little about how to make and manage their own finances.
