Financial Planning for Teens – Uncle Eric Books
Homeschooling Books Teach Financial Investment Training Strategies
Nov 6, 2009
Raising children who handle their finances responsibly is a worthwhile goal. Parents who have had financial issues of their own may be reluctant to approach the subject for fear of passing on bad attitudes or other misconceptions. Uncle Eric Books help readers build a solid financial model before they start investing in stocks or mortgages.
Financial Planning for Teens
Many homeschooling and unschooling teens end up starting businesses or event start investing in the stock market or other funds at an early age. It doesn't take a sophisticated Wall Street analyst to see that spending your allowance and birthday money on clothes, candy or shoes won't bring wealth or prosperity.
Uncle Eric Books
The series of Uncle Eric books, written by Richard J. Maybury [Bluestocking Press], contains eleven books. In the suggested order of reading, their titles are
- Uncle Eric Talks about Personal Career and Financial Security
- Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?
- Whatever Happened to Justice?
- Are You Liberal, Conservative or Confused?
- Ancient Rome: How it Affects You Today
- Evaluating Books: What Would Thomas Jefferson Think About This?
- The Money Mystery
- The Clipper Ship Strategy
- The Thousand Year War in the Mideast: How it Affects You Today
- World War I: The Rest of the Story and How it Affects You Today
- World War II: The Rest of the Story and How it Affects You Today
Homeschooling Books
The author and publisher are quick to point out that each investment training book stands alone and can be read in any order. Indeed, Whatever Happened to Penny Candy is part of both the Sonlight Curriculum and the Ambleside Online free curriculum. In addition to the books, there are optional study guides for each book that can be used as workbooks or for discussion.
Economics and Politics
In addition to financial planning and investment training, the Uncle Eric books also focus on teaching an understanding of politics, different types of governments and the global factors that contribute to economics on a worldwide scale. Maybury was a financial analyst, then a high school economics teacher and has been published in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Moneyworld. He also published a monthly newsletter, the U.S. & World Early Warning Report for Investors.
One thing many homeschooling families don't plan for is the amount of things that parents learn as a result of exploring with their children. Financial success doesn't need to be elusive; a family without a solid financial model can use the Uncle Eric books to teach financial literacy for teens and to gain an understanding of economics and politics to improve family finances.
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