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Have you ever tried to speak with your teenagers about saving money?
My initial attempt to engage my 12-year-old in a meaningful discussion about money was doomed to fail from the start, so I decided to first educate myself by reading a few investment books tailored to teenagers.
Michael Puck is a senior strategy consultant in the HCM practice group at Kronos.
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