- Budgeting
- Cash Management
- Consumer and Mortgage Loans
- Debt and Debt Reduction
- Time Value of Money 1: Present and Future Value
- Time Value of Money 2: Inflation, Real Returns, Annuities, and Amortized Loans
- Insurance 1: Basics
- Insurance 2: Life Insurance
- Insurance 3: Health, Long-term Care, and Disability Insurance
- Insurance 4: Auto, Homeowners, and Liability Insurance
- The Home Decision
- The Auto Decision
- Family 1: Money and Marriage
- Family 2: Teaching Children Financial Responsibility
- Family 3: Financing Children’s Education and Missions
- Investments A: Key Lessons of Investing
- Investments B: Key Lessons of Investing
2. Teaching Pre-teenagers
What do you teach pre-teens? Pre-teens are older and they are getting a sense of money and what money can purchase. The Lord through the prophet Joseph Smith said:
“Behold, ye are little children and ye cannot bear all things now; ye must grow in grace and in the knowledge of the truth.” (D&C 50:40) How do you grow in “grace and in the knowledge of the truth?” Here are a few ideas.
From a gospel perspective, we should teach pre-teens:
- Teach them that all things come from God and that everything is the Lord’s
- Teach them that we are stewards over everything we have, and
- Teach them to always pay the Lord first.
At the same time, you should also teach them:
- Teach them to save, to pay themselves second,
- Teach them discipline and frugality, and
- Teach them that there are a lot of things more important than money.