Money Matters for Teens
Advice on Spending and Saving, Managing Income, and Paying for College
Published on 15. February 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-5107-5992-3 (ISBN)
Description
In Money Matters for Teens, young writers discuss their financial fears and the strategies they've learned to help them spend their money wisely, save for the future, and pay for college.
The gap between the richest and the poorest Americans has been growing for decades, and experts predict it will continue to widen. Young people bear the brunt of this inequality because it makes it harder to get a job and to pay for the college education you need to move up the ladder. Political changes could help close the gap, but in the meantime, teens can help prepare themselves for financial independence. In this book, teens write about learning to handle money wisely, to manage their own income, to pay for college, and how our larger economic system determines their financial standing.
Essays include:
Equal Work, Unequal Pay
The Rags to Riches Myth
Job-Hopping to a Career
I Took a Scam Job
Job-Hunting Tips
A Guide to Drama-Free Banking
My Credit Card Gave Me False Security
We Don't Save It for a Rainy Day
How Am I Supposed to Pay for College?
Countdown to Independence
and more!
Through these essays, teen readers-as well as their parents,teachers, and caregivers-will pick up new tricks to managing their money but will also be provided a much-needed glimpse into how the worldlooks to our younger generations.
The gap between the richest and the poorest Americans has been growing for decades, and experts predict it will continue to widen. Young people bear the brunt of this inequality because it makes it harder to get a job and to pay for the college education you need to move up the ladder. Political changes could help close the gap, but in the meantime, teens can help prepare themselves for financial independence. In this book, teens write about learning to handle money wisely, to manage their own income, to pay for college, and how our larger economic system determines their financial standing.
Essays include:
Equal Work, Unequal Pay
The Rags to Riches Myth
Job-Hopping to a Career
I Took a Scam Job
Job-Hunting Tips
A Guide to Drama-Free Banking
My Credit Card Gave Me False Security
We Don't Save It for a Rainy Day
How Am I Supposed to Pay for College?
Countdown to Independence
and more!
Through these essays, teen readers-as well as their parents,teachers, and caregivers-will pick up new tricks to managing their money but will also be provided a much-needed glimpse into how the worldlooks to our younger generations.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Skyhorse Publishing
Target group
Young adult
US School Grade: From Third Grade to Eighth Grade, Interest Age: From 13 to 17 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 206 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
204 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5107-5992-3 (9781510759923)
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YCteen publishes true stories by teens, giving readers insight into theissues that matter most in young people's lives. They areheadquartered in New York, New York.
Virginia Vitzthum is the editor of Represent, YouthCommunication's magazine by and for youth in foster care.She has written for publications including Elle, the Village Voice, washingtonpost.com, AlterNet.org, Time Out New York, Ms., and salon.com, where she was a columnist. She is the author ofa book about Internet dating, I Love You, Let's Meet, and a contributorto Beautiful Trouble, a book about creative activism. Shewas managing editor of a book series on substance abuse treatmentand has edited many other publications. She has workedat Youth Communication since 2008 and also edited YouthCommunication's books on drugs, disabilities, sexuality, andother topics.
Virginia Vitzthum is the editor of Represent, YouthCommunication's magazine by and for youth in foster care.She has written for publications including Elle, the Village Voice, washingtonpost.com, AlterNet.org, Time Out New York, Ms., and salon.com, where she was a columnist. She is the author ofa book about Internet dating, I Love You, Let's Meet, and a contributorto Beautiful Trouble, a book about creative activism. Shewas managing editor of a book series on substance abuse treatmentand has edited many other publications. She has workedat Youth Communication since 2008 and also edited YouthCommunication's books on drugs, disabilities, sexuality, andother topics.