What Your Parents Never Taught You About Money

Money is a number one cause of stress, but financial literacy is still one of the few things that we fail to teach our kids

U.S. banknotes. Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty Images

By David Delisle

So, where do we even start? The idea of teaching financial literacy can seem overwhelming. Just the words, financial literacy, can bring up images of complicated math, charts, and boring lectures.

Well, that’s the good news. Financial literacy doesn’t have to be difficult to teach. In fact, the most important lessons don’t require math at all. Below are two lessons that will have a massive impact on the future wealth and happiness of your children. They are so simple that even a five year-old can learn them.