A Parent's Guide to Money

Certified Financial Planner Alan Feigenbaum and co-author Gloria structure this parenting guide around a useful metaphor: children learn financial responsibility the same way they learn to walk — crawling before standing, standing before walking. The developmental framing makes the advice feel grounded rather than prescriptive, and the inclusion of charitable giving as a component of financial literacy will resonate with faith-minded families. Nationally syndicated columnist Humberto Cruz recommended it for public libraries. The honest caveat is that this was published in 2002, so some specifics — particularly around credit cards — are dated by two decades of changed financial products and digital banking. The underlying framework still holds, but parents should supplement with current resources.