Book Review: Rich Dad Poor Dad for Teens

Book Review: Rich Dad Poor Dad for Teens ,
By Robert Kiyosaki - $29.95 GST

Rich Dad Poor Dad for Teens

As Robert Kiyosaki writes in his popular Rich Dad, Poor Dad book, the poor and the middle class work for their money, but the rich make their money work for them.

The book contains many of the anecdotes from his original version, with some of the ideas certainly appealing to a younger audience. Kiyosaki has put a lot of thought into trying to relate to the teens and with his anecdotes uses suggestions and needs relating to this age group.

He not only teaches the various options to earn an income, he talks about assets and liabilities and truly teaches the vital difference between an asset and liability. He even goes so far as suggesting ways of not spending money, such as learning to cook at home rather than purchase takeouts. If excellent habits can be taught to teens at this time of life, they will certainly have an advantage.

Particular encouragement is given to family discussions around money and children learning to take an active part in understanding the household spend. He discusses the value of creating family financial statements and everyone understanding the financial affairs of the household. It also encourages them to seek work, and learn what a workday is like. In today’s world many teenagers are already active in the work force in part time employment with large corporations and franchises such as McDonalds, however Kiyosaki does encourage them to be self employed instead, not only for their initial part time job, but for their future career.

He also encourages the reader to go back to the basics and set up piggy banks for various goals such as Charity, Savings and Investments. Whilst this may seem very childish my experience in banking has taught me that this habit is still alive and kicking. The number of adults that use their piggy bank to purchase Xmas presents or other goals is astounding.

In many ways sections of the book could be considered more self help, because they focus on personal development.

Sections that it covered are:

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The book is exactly as I would expect from Kiyosaki and he does not disappoint the reader. It is a simple read and could serve as a smaller version reference guide every now and then, to remind us to reconsider our spending and investment habits, without the need to reread his flagship book Rich Dad Poor Dad.

I would encourage you to purchase this book and provide it as a gift to any teenager you know who may be about to take out a student loan. It may well be the best gift you could ever give them.

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