The financial world our children grow up in is profoundly different. Today’s pressures aren’t just about ads on TV or billboards, they’re algorithmic, emotional, and social, quietly shaping attitudes through the screens in our children’s hands.

Teach your kids what inflation means and why prices rise over time. Practical ways to explain inflation, supply and demand, and the time value of money, with book recommendations. Recommended for ages 8–12 (younger kids may enjoy the picture books in this article and relate to that content more specifically).

Introduce kids (9–14) to investing with simple examples, simulations, and compound growth—plus a teen track and a “being rich” mindset over online hype.