Dad Cents

I wanted to share a short encouragement piece from a friend, Brian Doyle. He is the founder and National Director of Iron Sharpens Iron.
‘Men Mentoring Men’
As I start in chapter one with another look at The Book of Proverbs, what is ‘the big idea’ of these thirty one chapters and hundreds and hundreds of nuggets of wisdom? Verse 4; It is...
“for teaching shrewdness to the inexperienced, knowledge and discretion to a young man”.

Solomon is doing what all older men should be doing. Invest time and energy into younger men who have lots of skills and talents but who simply lack experience!

So, what is shrewdness? - a discerning awareness; it is good judgment. Older men can teach and model good judgement and a discerning awareness to younger men who have not yet lived long enough to acquire this quality at the same level. This is best passed on to a younger man in the context of a relationship.
Big idea today: Do I presently have some potential relationships with younger men in my family or in my church? Who are they and am I investing in them?
I wanted to add a bit of a different perspective. Most of you probably know but my focus has been on dads teaching their children about money. When you think of money and investing, the concept goes like this. You take a small amount of money, with the future hope of it growing into a larger sum. Men, put on your dad hat. How are you investing in your children? Are you teaching your children how to be shrewd? Are you teaching you children how the world works and how to discern? Are you teaching your children how to utilize money?
Our world is moving very quickly. Your children and mine are growing up right before our eyes. Please take time and slow down to spend time with your family. I have one final question. Dad, if a jury looked at your schedule, what indictment charges would you receive for your time investments?

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BECAUSE MONEY MATTERS AND OUR KIDS NEED TO KNOW because money matters and our kids need to know

I need some help with the sub title of my new book, Making Cents with Money. I am rewriting Dad Cents into a mainstream book. Currently, I have the following thoughts. Please tell me which one you like best, how to modify the one you like best or give suggestions.

First, a little background. I have asked hundreds, if not thousands of parents this question. "Do you want your kids to leave home knowing more about money than you did when you left your parents home?" Of course they all say yes but my follow up question is the root of this subtitle. I then ask, "What are you doing to make that happen?" I then get a blank stare or uh. Most parents want it but few have a plan how.

I am trying to avoid any negative statements.

1. How to teach your kids everything about money you had to learn the hard way
2. How to teach your kids the things about money you wish you knew before leaving home
3. Help your kids skip some of the lessons about money you learned from the school of hard knocks
4. How to help your kids know more about money than you did when you left your parents home