The last 24 hours have been really good. Despite what happens the rest of the day today, I've placed myself one step closer to two of my goals.
A few weeks ago I purchased 'Cashflow for Kids', a game created by Robert Kiyosaki to help teach kids all about fiscal responsibility. K and I played it by ourselves a few days ago to get a feel for it, and then last night, because she was just going off-track and didn't have any school this morning, K and I allowed my 6 year-old, M, to stay up late. Once the other two kids were in bed K and I decided to play the game with M. It turned out even better than I had hoped. Not only did M seem to grasp the game quickly (which I expected), but K seemed to really enjoy teaching it to her. I was very impressed. It was awesome watching my wife teach my daughter about concepts like assets vs. liabilities and income vs. expenses. K and I have never enjoyed conversing about that stuff to each other. Like every other married couple, finances have not always been the easiest thing to work with. We manage, but never easily. Seeing this game in action was much more than fun for me. It was so satisfying to watch M get excited by her good fortune as she passed paydays, collected money, made purchases and learned from sobering pseudo financial experiences. One step closer to seeing M succeed in life financially.
Today during breaks and lunch I finally finished my 6th Training Wheels story too! It's called "Dig Another Hole" and I'm really looking forward to reading to the M and E tonight at bedtime. I've already given them the title, and they've been asking about it. I do that on purpose so that I'll stay motivated to finish each one. I've already got my next topic picked out and will be starting it tomorrow. One step closer to publishing my Training Wheels stories!
It's been a good day.
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2 comments:
I've never heard of that game. I'll have to check it out. I think Brendan is still a little young, but maybe Jason will like it. HA!
Well, you're in luck... They have a board game for adults too. Actually, they have 2. Cashflow 101 and Cashflow 202. (http://www.richdad.com/store/ProductDetail.aspx?id=1)
I'm glad we started out with the one for kids though. M lovs it, and it's a good learning tool for us too. Not so much about understanding how money works (thought it has done that too) but more for how it has show US how to teach HER about how money works in the real world. It really is quite amazing. She's learned how to count money and make change, simple addition and subtraction, etc... It really was a great investment.
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