Financial Literacy Education Gifts

"The time has come to talk of many things; of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of double-entry bookkeeping, too."

"I know it's not in our nature, but we really gotta stop charging everything."

'I'm reading aloud, Jeremy - My lips are SUPPOSED to be moving!'

'My penmanship has really improved since I got a laser printer.'

"Son, you're old enough now for The Talk: everything you need to know about compound interest."

'But Dad, all the other kids get a roth IRA as part of their allowance package.'

'I don't know if money grows on trees, son. I know it doesn't grow in fields.'

So I'm "cheap." It's a perfectly good word. And it aptly describes my interest in conserving resources. I suppose we could call you "thrifty." Heavens no! And waste two whole letters? I see we've only wasted one whole tea bag.

"Unfortunately Daddy already owes the government about 500,000 Pokemon cards."

"And we will absolutely start lending again as soon as we finish building our debtors' prison."

"I had that nightmare again where everyone found out I'm in my late thirties and still have no idea how the stock market works."

"You can use the alphabet to text. You can use the alphabet to tweet. Why can't you use the alphabet to spell?"

"Because he's illiterate. That's why I have to read to him all the time."

"Barb's such a fast reader."

'The Truth-in-advertising people want us to call ourselves the 'Sluggish Fund Group'.'

Finally I understand why it's called 'Higher Education!'

"I've edited your Wikipedia entry again, Sadie. You're about to be inundated with phone calls from the press." "Whatever, geek-boy." "You're now the world's foremost authority on Turkey leprosy, the disease that's threatening to ruin the holidays." "No one'll believe that." "Oh yeah? I wrote a Wikipedia page for Turkey leprosy, too, along with examples of all the historical figures it's killed, such as the Archduke of Crushistan." "There is no 'Crushistan.'" "I've written a Wikipedia entry for C

Bingo! Credit card number!! The real reason raccoons like garbage.

"Gee, thanks! What rate of interest does it pay?"

"Ah, to be young and foolish again."

Library

"I don't get an allowance. I get earnings per share."

"As you can see, I've learned the alphabet."

Child lifting alphabet blocks.

"Cold drinks" "Tesla stock"

"Now you know how Daddy feels when Mommy overdraws the checkbook."

'Order fast, folks - the prices have an expiration date.'

'Well, so my grades are A,B,C,D... at least I'm learning my alphabet.'

Good writing is good thinking

Cat going to litter box with newspaper to read.

True Debate Fun

"The scammers managed to clear out your entire pension fund."

Low standard of living

"Times are perfect for us masochists!..."

'I think we may have an income problem.'