So money, Episode 1219, had to teach money to your kids as young as three years old,

with Rob feeling author of M is for money.

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At three years old, kids can just start conceptualizing what money is. They can start getting

some of the basic topics. So the idea that when we go to the store and we want something,

you have to trade to get it. You're trading your money. A lot of us are just seeing a card being

swiped, so it's actually a harder visual for them now. But we're getting the idea that you can't

just take something off the shelf and walk off with it. You have to trade something for it.

And kids will realize that. Welcome to So Money, everybody. Happy Monday. It is June 28, 2021.

Our conversation today centers around kids and money. Think about when you were growing up.

Did your parents talk about money? I often talk about our earliest money memories growing up

with guests. And the feedback is mixed. Some people talked about money. Some people remember

never discussing the M word. Our guest today wants to give parents and young kids a tool to help

them break the ice. Rob feeling is a high school personal finance teacher from Maryland,

where he lives with his wife and son, who's almost two years old. And he's going to have a new

book out called M is for money. It aims to introduce to three to eight year old children,

age appropriate money words, and normalize conversations about money between family and friends.

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