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		<title>By: anne</title>
		<link>http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/12/11/the-personal-finance-gift-guide-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-159982</link>
		<dc:creator>anne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not long ago, I came across an adorable and sensible book for new parents that plants the seeds of financial literacy very early.

I have always wanted to give it as a baby gift - but haven&#039;t yet.  Seems like it could also work for the holidays!

&quot;The Munny Journal&quot;  http://www.munnyjourney.com/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not long ago, I came across an adorable and sensible book for new parents that plants the seeds of financial literacy very early.</p>
<p>I have always wanted to give it as a baby gift &#8211; but haven&#8217;t yet.  Seems like it could also work for the holidays!</p>
<p>&#8220;The Munny Journal&#8221;  <a href="http://www.munnyjourney.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.munnyjourney.com/</a></p>
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		<title>By: JR</title>
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		<dc:creator>JR</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I personally love the game at http://www.roninsoft.com/wsraider.htm

Designed by a CPA the game does a dangerously good job of simulating the world stock market and teaching one how various stock/bond issues work including interest rates, price of oil, options and taxes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I personally love the game at <a href="http://www.roninsoft.com/wsraider.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.roninsoft.com/wsraider.htm</a></p>
<p>Designed by a CPA the game does a dangerously good job of simulating the world stock market and teaching one how various stock/bond issues work including interest rates, price of oil, options and taxes.</p>
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		<title>By: Justin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I can&#039;t agree with your recommendation of Suze Orman&#039;s The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous, and Broke. Granted, I read it after reading Dave Ramsey, whose advice could not be a more polar opposite. But even so, Orman&#039;s advice is terrible.

She explains things well (though I&#039;d say not as well as you or any number of free online sources), but the advice Orman gives is terrible. She says that if you don&#039;t make enough to live on, you can just use credit cards to make up the difference, as if increasing your high-interest debt is a great strategy for your 20s.

Basically, I followed Suze&#039;s advice without knowing it. I&#039;m 27 now, and wish I&#039;d been following Dave&#039;s advice all along, before I was so deeply in debt. 

If you want to give young people a primer on personal finance, do it without Suze Orman&#039;s terrible advice. Debt-free is the only way to go.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can&#8217;t agree with your recommendation of Suze Orman&#8217;s The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous, and Broke. Granted, I read it after reading Dave Ramsey, whose advice could not be a more polar opposite. But even so, Orman&#8217;s advice is terrible.</p>
<p>She explains things well (though I&#8217;d say not as well as you or any number of free online sources), but the advice Orman gives is terrible. She says that if you don&#8217;t make enough to live on, you can just use credit cards to make up the difference, as if increasing your high-interest debt is a great strategy for your 20s.</p>
<p>Basically, I followed Suze&#8217;s advice without knowing it. I&#8217;m 27 now, and wish I&#8217;d been following Dave&#8217;s advice all along, before I was so deeply in debt. </p>
<p>If you want to give young people a primer on personal finance, do it without Suze Orman&#8217;s terrible advice. Debt-free is the only way to go.</p>
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		<title>By: Linda</title>
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		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Another great resource for young childern is the &quot;Money Manager Kit&quot; from Blue Lake Children&#039;s Publishing (www.tessyandtab.com/money). It teaches kids the basics about managing money and comes with a Moonjar bank with three parts so they learn how to save, spend and share. Parents share their Money Manager Kit stories here http://bluelakepublishing.typepad.com/tessyandtabfanclub/.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another great resource for young childern is the &#8220;Money Manager Kit&#8221; from Blue Lake Children&#8217;s Publishing (www.tessyandtab.com/money). It teaches kids the basics about managing money and comes with a Moonjar bank with three parts so they learn how to save, spend and share. Parents share their Money Manager Kit stories here <a href="http://bluelakepublishing.typepad.com/tessyandtabfanclub/" rel="nofollow">http://bluelakepublishing.typepad.com/tessyandtabfanclub/</a>.</p>
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		<title>By: Reid</title>
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		<dc:creator>Reid</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I highly recommend reading &quot;it&#039;s not about the money&quot; by Brent Kessel.  It is a relatively new book that aims to connect personal finance with personal fulfillment, from an Eastern Philosophical approach.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I highly recommend reading &#8220;it&#8217;s not about the money&#8221; by Brent Kessel.  It is a relatively new book that aims to connect personal finance with personal fulfillment, from an Eastern Philosophical approach.</p>
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		<title>By: Writer's Coin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Writer's Coin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Amen about not giving preachy gifts. I gave my mom a nice notebook once, hoping to encourage her to write more. But because it was a gift that had an &quot;attachment&quot; to it, I think that turned her off and botched the deal.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Amen about not giving preachy gifts. I gave my mom a nice notebook once, hoping to encourage her to write more. But because it was a gift that had an &#8220;attachment&#8221; to it, I think that turned her off and botched the deal.</p>
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		<title>By: TimK</title>
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		<dc:creator>TimK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If you have a tweener daughter, a great book is &quot;A Smart Girl&#039;s Guide to Money: How to Make It, Save It, And Spend It&quot;.  It&#039;s part of the American Girl Library series. The book has stimulated some great discussions on wants vs needs and avoiding peer pressure to SPEND NOW. My daughter now understands why the milk is in the back of the grocery store :-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you have a tweener daughter, a great book is &#8220;A Smart Girl&#8217;s Guide to Money: How to Make It, Save It, And Spend It&#8221;.  It&#8217;s part of the American Girl Library series. The book has stimulated some great discussions on wants vs needs and avoiding peer pressure to SPEND NOW. My daughter now understands why the milk is in the back of the grocery store <img src='http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Martacus</title>
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		<dc:creator>Martacus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That Complete Investing Guide For Kids reminds me of the bank run scene in Mary Poppins... :)


I definitely do agree that children should be taught money management skills at an early age, though. Perhaps a &quot;gift set&quot; of a book on finances, a money-savvy pig bank, and a stock or bond could help. The key, I think, is to make saving and investing fun for children--Lord knows they&#039;ve got enough outside influences in their life telling them that spending is more fun. Don&#039;t be like the old banker in the aforementioned movie, grasping greedily at every tuppence your child gets hold of.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That Complete Investing Guide For Kids reminds me of the bank run scene in Mary Poppins&#8230; <img src='http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>I definitely do agree that children should be taught money management skills at an early age, though. Perhaps a &#8220;gift set&#8221; of a book on finances, a money-savvy pig bank, and a stock or bond could help. The key, I think, is to make saving and investing fun for children&#8211;Lord knows they&#8217;ve got enough outside influences in their life telling them that spending is more fun. Don&#8217;t be like the old banker in the aforementioned movie, grasping greedily at every tuppence your child gets hold of.</p>
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		<title>By: jen</title>
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		<dc:creator>jen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The best kids&#039; personal finance book I have found is &quot;Rock, Brock, and the Savings Shock&quot; by Sheila Bair. It explains compound interest in easy language for kids...actually, in rhyme. Very clever, and has made a huge impression on my 7 and 4 year olds (they&#039;ve become strong savers). She also wrote &quot;Isabel&#039;s Car Wash,&quot; which explains investing on a kid&#039;s level. I&#039;ve borrowed both of these from the library, but they&#039;re both so good and explain these topics so well that I think I need to get them for the boys&#039; library.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The best kids&#8217; personal finance book I have found is &#8220;Rock, Brock, and the Savings Shock&#8221; by Sheila Bair. It explains compound interest in easy language for kids&#8230;actually, in rhyme. Very clever, and has made a huge impression on my 7 and 4 year olds (they&#8217;ve become strong savers). She also wrote &#8220;Isabel&#8217;s Car Wash,&#8221; which explains investing on a kid&#8217;s level. I&#8217;ve borrowed both of these from the library, but they&#8217;re both so good and explain these topics so well that I think I need to get them for the boys&#8217; library.</p>
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		<title>By: Peg</title>
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		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I really like Jim Cramer&#039;s book, Stay Mad for Life - Get Rich, Stay Rich, (Make Your Kids Even Richer). His other books are good for learning about investing, but this book takes you right from the start, covering all the basics - how (and why) to save, family finances, where to invest,  and pitfalls to avoid. I especially liked Chapter 2, How to Stop Yourself From Being Poor.It&#039;s a lot of common-sense stuff, written in an engaging, humorous manner. This would be a good gift for a teenager, or for anyone who is even thinking about retirement.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really like Jim Cramer&#8217;s book, Stay Mad for Life &#8211; Get Rich, Stay Rich, (Make Your Kids Even Richer). His other books are good for learning about investing, but this book takes you right from the start, covering all the basics &#8211; how (and why) to save, family finances, where to invest,  and pitfalls to avoid. I especially liked Chapter 2, How to Stop Yourself From Being Poor.It&#8217;s a lot of common-sense stuff, written in an engaging, humorous manner. This would be a good gift for a teenager, or for anyone who is even thinking about retirement.</p>
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		<title>By: Seth</title>
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		<dc:creator>Seth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It sure seems like there are not many books for teens. I like the list you provided, but if anyone else has any others please do share. I enjoy Dave Ramsey, but didn&#039;t see an individual book I could buy - only FPU-type material for a class type setting.

My sister is 16 and I&#039;d like to get one for her for Christmas. My parents are awful at their own finances so I&#039;m sure if she sees enough of that she will be in bad shape eventually. Right now she is doing great with $1000 in the bank from working over the summer. 

So.. any other ideas on a book for a 16 year old?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It sure seems like there are not many books for teens. I like the list you provided, but if anyone else has any others please do share. I enjoy Dave Ramsey, but didn&#8217;t see an individual book I could buy &#8211; only FPU-type material for a class type setting.</p>
<p>My sister is 16 and I&#8217;d like to get one for her for Christmas. My parents are awful at their own finances so I&#8217;m sure if she sees enough of that she will be in bad shape eventually. Right now she is doing great with $1000 in the bank from working over the summer. </p>
<p>So.. any other ideas on a book for a 16 year old?</p>
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		<title>By: Craig</title>
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		<dc:creator>Craig</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Do you recommend one finance book over the others for a good read?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you recommend one finance book over the others for a good read?</p>
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		<title>By: J.D.</title>
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		<dc:creator>J.D.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;b&gt;KAD (#27)&lt;/b&gt;
I&#039;m half-way through the book right now. :)

If I hadn&#039;t got sick this week, the review would have been posted today. As it is, you&#039;ll probably have to wait until early January. (I&#039;m going to take two weeks off to work on my book proposal, during which there will be guest posts.) I *may* get the book finished and the review written by next Tuesday, but I doubt it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>KAD (#27)</b><br />
I&#8217;m half-way through the book right now. <img src='http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>If I hadn&#8217;t got sick this week, the review would have been posted today. As it is, you&#8217;ll probably have to wait until early January. (I&#8217;m going to take two weeks off to work on my book proposal, during which there will be guest posts.) I *may* get the book finished and the review written by next Tuesday, but I doubt it.</p>
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		<title>By: Cheska</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cheska</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I also like &quot;Your Money or Your Life&quot;, but many of my peers and recently-21-yo sister are not in that mindset; a lot of them want to pay off debt, but also still &quot;live their life&quot;. Some of these finance books that targets college students or fresh grads are too simplified, or too stuffed with irrelevant information that doesn&#039;t help us deal with the &quot;now&quot;. I would recommend Tarnoobi&#039;s &quot;You&#039;re So Money&quot;. It&#039;s relevant enough that one of my social-but-broke friends will pick it up and read it through.

Quicken also has a free online version. (http://quicken.intuit.com/online-banking-finances.jsp)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I also like &#8220;Your Money or Your Life&#8221;, but many of my peers and recently-21-yo sister are not in that mindset; a lot of them want to pay off debt, but also still &#8220;live their life&#8221;. Some of these finance books that targets college students or fresh grads are too simplified, or too stuffed with irrelevant information that doesn&#8217;t help us deal with the &#8220;now&#8221;. I would recommend Tarnoobi&#8217;s &#8220;You&#8217;re So Money&#8221;. It&#8217;s relevant enough that one of my social-but-broke friends will pick it up and read it through.</p>
<p>Quicken also has a free online version. (<a href="http://quicken.intuit.com/online-banking-finances.jsp" rel="nofollow">http://quicken.intuit.com/online-banking-finances.jsp</a>)</p>
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		<title>By: KAD</title>
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		<dc:creator>KAD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>J.D.,  I was Christmas shopping yesterday and saw a book I fully expect you to be reviewing in the near future (hint, hint!):  *Enough* by none other than John Bogle.  Less of a gift idea than a plea for a book review, I suppose, but I wanted to mention it while it was still on my mind...

Cheers,
KAD</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>J.D.,  I was Christmas shopping yesterday and saw a book I fully expect you to be reviewing in the near future (hint, hint!):  *Enough* by none other than John Bogle.  Less of a gift idea than a plea for a book review, I suppose, but I wanted to mention it while it was still on my mind&#8230;</p>
<p>Cheers,<br />
KAD</p>
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		<title>By: J.D.</title>
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		<dc:creator>J.D.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;b&gt;@TimK&lt;/b&gt;
First, I &lt;i&gt;can&#039;t&lt;/i&gt; do lunch today. Still too sick. Don&#039;t  know if you got my e-mail. Second, I&#039;ll have to check out the Moonjar. I know that David Bach from &lt;i&gt;Automatic Millionaire&lt;/i&gt; recommends it, but I&#039;ve never seen it myself. Sounds cool.

&lt;b&gt;@Liz&lt;/b&gt;
I didn&#039;t know Dave Ramsey had books for kids. I&#039;ll have to check those out, too!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>@TimK</b><br />
First, I <i>can&#8217;t</i> do lunch today. Still too sick. Don&#8217;t  know if you got my e-mail. Second, I&#8217;ll have to check out the Moonjar. I know that David Bach from <i>Automatic Millionaire</i> recommends it, but I&#8217;ve never seen it myself. Sounds cool.</p>
<p><b>@Liz</b><br />
I didn&#8217;t know Dave Ramsey had books for kids. I&#8217;ll have to check those out, too!</p>
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		<title>By: Liz</title>
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		<dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I love the Dave Ramsey books for kids. They convey lessons without being too preachy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love the Dave Ramsey books for kids. They convey lessons without being too preachy.</p>
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		<title>By: Pat</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Settlers of Catan board game teaches young adults and adults the rigors of free market capitalism.  (Read: how to be cutthroat)</description>
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		<title>By: TimK</title>
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		<dc:creator>TimK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@HollyP
A spend/save/share piggybank with a passbook is available a www.moonjar.com  This is a great gift for children.</description>
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A spend/save/share piggybank with a passbook is available a <a href="http://www.moonjar.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.moonjar.com</a>  This is a great gift for children.</p>
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		<title>By: Dallin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dallin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How in the world have I not seen mint.com ever? This is awesome. Thanks for the heads up. Love following the RSS.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How in the world have I not seen mint.com ever? This is awesome. Thanks for the heads up. Love following the RSS.</p>
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		<title>By: J.D.</title>
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		<dc:creator>J.D.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;b&gt;@Don (#19)&lt;/b&gt;
Awesome. Thank you. I hadn&#039;t heard of Container before, but I&#039;ve added it to my wish list now!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>@Don (#19)</b><br />
Awesome. Thank you. I hadn&#8217;t heard of Container before, but I&#8217;ve added it to my wish list now!</p>
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		<title>By: Moneyblogga</title>
		<link>http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/12/11/the-personal-finance-gift-guide-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-159548</link>
		<dc:creator>Moneyblogga</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Larry Winget was the guy who got me thinking about my own precarious finances. I enjoyed his show Big Spender on A&amp;E, his no BS style, and his book &quot;You&#039;re broke because you want to be&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Larry Winget was the guy who got me thinking about my own precarious finances. I enjoyed his show Big Spender on A&amp;E, his no BS style, and his book &#8220;You&#8217;re broke because you want to be&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: Don</title>
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		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Modern Art...what a great game!  I played another recently that felt very similar: &lt;a href=&quot;http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/26990&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Container&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Modern Art&#8230;what a great game!  I played another recently that felt very similar: <a href="http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/26990" rel="nofollow">Container</a>.</p>
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		<title>By: nattie</title>
		<link>http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/12/11/the-personal-finance-gift-guide-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-159543</link>
		<dc:creator>nattie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wish I had parents that were thoughtful about teaching us finances (it was basically none of our business). I will be checking out one of the adult books for myself.  Thanks for this great list!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wish I had parents that were thoughtful about teaching us finances (it was basically none of our business). I will be checking out one of the adult books for myself.  Thanks for this great list!</p>
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		<title>By: Aman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Aman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Toys/books/games aside (which all COST you money)..parents need to be involved from the get go when it comes to teaching their kids how to save and invest for the future.

Parents need to get involved early and stick to their guns when teaching their children how to manage money. This is free, and not only will it strengthen the bond between parent and child, but will enable you to monitor your child&#039;s progress...

www.bullsbattlebears.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Toys/books/games aside (which all COST you money)..parents need to be involved from the get go when it comes to teaching their kids how to save and invest for the future.</p>
<p>Parents need to get involved early and stick to their guns when teaching their children how to manage money. This is free, and not only will it strengthen the bond between parent and child, but will enable you to monitor your child&#8217;s progress&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bullsbattlebears.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.bullsbattlebears.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: Jay</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>When my daughter was obsessed by the Build-A-Bears I bought her one stock in the company from onestock.com.  While I don&#039;t know if she learned anything from it I had a great time reading the annual report, and voting her one share.

They also included a gift card to the store in every annual report.  So our return on our investment has been about 9%!  Of course that presupposes that we are willing to shop in the store.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When my daughter was obsessed by the Build-A-Bears I bought her one stock in the company from onestock.com.  While I don&#8217;t know if she learned anything from it I had a great time reading the annual report, and voting her one share.</p>
<p>They also included a gift card to the store in every annual report.  So our return on our investment has been about 9%!  Of course that presupposes that we are willing to shop in the store.</p>
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		<title>By: Bill M</title>
		<link>http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/12/11/the-personal-finance-gift-guide-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-159537</link>
		<dc:creator>Bill M</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I like the &quot;Total Money Makeover&quot;, its a simple to understand book and the concept is flawless if you take it seriously.

Rice &amp; Beans is not so bad.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like the &#8220;Total Money Makeover&#8221;, its a simple to understand book and the concept is flawless if you take it seriously.</p>
<p>Rice &amp; Beans is not so bad.</p>
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		<title>By: Miss M</title>
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		<dc:creator>Miss M</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think it&#039;s funny that the books aimed at kids/teens look more interesting and useful! I&#039;d love to get a copy of the tightwad gazette, I checked it out from the library but there is no way you can digest all that information in 2 weeks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think it&#8217;s funny that the books aimed at kids/teens look more interesting and useful! I&#8217;d love to get a copy of the tightwad gazette, I checked it out from the library but there is no way you can digest all that information in 2 weeks.</p>
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		<title>By: elisabeth</title>
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		<dc:creator>elisabeth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>thanks for the link to the oneshare.com site.  It&#039;s not a real path to getting rich slowly (in fact I&#039;m not going to think about how long it might take to earn back the cost), but I like the idea for a fun gift.  And while I didn&#039;t see a lot of really environmentally/socially progressive companies, there are some choices that appear on lists of good corporate citizens...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>thanks for the link to the oneshare.com site.  It&#8217;s not a real path to getting rich slowly (in fact I&#8217;m not going to think about how long it might take to earn back the cost), but I like the idea for a fun gift.  And while I didn&#8217;t see a lot of really environmentally/socially progressive companies, there are some choices that appear on lists of good corporate citizens&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Jill</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Im glad to see The Money Book for the YFB by Suze Orman on here.  That book personally did it for me.  It is specifically aimed at those who have or are just graduating from college and about to enter the job world.  Even though I personally was not in the situation with lots of student debt, it was extremely helpful and actually explained everything so I could understand PF.  It empowered me to make decisions about my money!  And was a jumping board to my own further research.
  I actually gave the book as a gift (not for a holiday - just because) to my cousin who just graduated college and started her career.  She was extremely pleased and said &quot;You read my mind...I needed that!&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Im glad to see The Money Book for the YFB by Suze Orman on here.  That book personally did it for me.  It is specifically aimed at those who have or are just graduating from college and about to enter the job world.  Even though I personally was not in the situation with lots of student debt, it was extremely helpful and actually explained everything so I could understand PF.  It empowered me to make decisions about my money!  And was a jumping board to my own further research.<br />
  I actually gave the book as a gift (not for a holiday &#8211; just because) to my cousin who just graduated college and started her career.  She was extremely pleased and said &#8220;You read my mind&#8230;I needed that!&#8221;</p>
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