Financial Literacy Begins With Understanding "Natural Genius"

In the book, Rich Dad's Rich Kid, Smart Kid: Giving Your Children a Financial Head Start, Robert Kiyosaki and co-author Sharon Lechter challenge parents to play a proactive role in helping their children prepare for the realities of managing personal finances in the current information age.

A key theme in the book is how important it is for a child to understand his or her core talents or "natural genius." This is exactly the purpose of your Advantage Assessment and personalized feedback session! The authors argue that this information is critical when making a series of lifelong decisions about how to invest in learning and a profession, and achieve financial independence. Becoming financially literate is a critical component to making better investing decisions, and understanding one's talents is an essential first step toward financial literacy.

Robert Kiyosaki's messages are viewed by some as controversial and inflammatory. While we don't endorse all of the book's ideas and suggestions, it offers useful and provocative ideas for how parents can identify a child's unique talents and help the child build his or her financial literacy. In any event, we hope you find this an interesting read.

Kiyosaki's first book, Rich Dad, Poor Dad, is a bestseller and the Public Broadcasting System has aired his program, "Rich Dad's Guide to Wealth." His websites are www.richdad.com and www.richkidsmartkid.com.

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