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First Edition: April 2013
ISBN: 978-1-61268-078-1
Cover photo credit: Christopher Barr
“Everyone is born a genius, but the process of life de-geniuses them.”
– R. Buckminster Fuller
Dedication
To parents… a child’s first and most important teachers
“When I was five years old my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life.
“When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy.’
“They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”
– John Lennon
Contents
Introduction Awaken Your Child’s Financial Genius
Part One Are Schools Preparing Your Child for the Real World?
Introduction to Part One
Chapter One
Lesson #1: An Educational Crisis
Chapter Two
Lesson #2: The Fairytale Is Over
Chapter Three
Lesson #3: Prepare Your Child for the Worst
Chapter Four
Lesson #4: Windows of Learning
Chapter Five
Lesson #5: Why Valedictorians Fail
Chapter Six
Lesson #6: Why Rich People Go Broke
Chapter Seven
Lesson #7: Why Geniuses Are Generous
Chapter Eight
Lesson #8: The Entitlement Mentality
Part Two Another Point of View
Introduction to Part Two
Chapter Nine
Another Point of View on Intelligence
Chapter Ten
Another Point of View on Report Cards
Chapter Eleven
Another Point of View on Greed
Chapter Twelve
Another Point of View on Debt
Chapter Thirteen
Another Point of View on Taxes
Chapter Fourteen
Another Point of View on Words
Chapter Fifteen
Another Point of View on God and Money
Part Three Give Your Child an Unfair Advantage
Introduction to Part Three
Chapter Sixteen
The 10 Unfair Advantages of a Financial Education
Part Four Graduate School for Capitalists
Introduction to Part Four
Chapter Seventeen
Be the Fed
Chapter Eighteen
How I Print My Own Money
Final Thoughts
Epilogue
Meet the Lannon Family
Meet the McElroy Family
Bonus Sections
Rich Dad Poor Dad for Teens
Rich Dad’s Escape the Rat Race
Glossary
Resources
AWAKEN YOUR CHILD’S FINANCIAL GENIUS
“Everybody is a genius.
But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”