Dear Vickie,
In Chapter 3 of my new book is something a bit weird …
A recipe for a dish I call Scott’s Special Pasta.
(Yes, it’s real, and yes, I made it up.)
Pasta? Am I going all Matt Preston on you?
Relax — this isn’t a cooking book (I’ll explain the pasta in a moment).
The Barefoot Investor for Families (which you can get for $19.99 with crazy bonuses if you order 3+ copies with the codeword ‘ALPACA’) is most definitely a book about money … or specifically, teaching kids about money.
Yet as a Blueprinter you’re probably wondering how it relates to what you’ve already learned at the Blueprint.
After all, isn’t the Blueprint supposed to be all my best advice on investing and finances?
Indeed it is. And that’s why a small part of the advice I’m sharing in my upcoming book — such as a trimmed-down Fearless Folder, or the Barefoot Ladder strategy for kids investing — you’ve actually seen first in the Blueprint.
Yet over 90% of the book is entirely brand-new advice … and quite honestly, I think it’s some of the best money advice for kids I’ve ever shared, anywhere.
Let me tell you about it …
The Barefoot Investor for Families
This book is not like any other kids money book you’ve ever read.
There are no lessons. There is no homework. There are no long lists of chores, or boring ‘programs’. And you don’t need any money to do this, nor any specialist financial knowledge.
Instead, this book is based around a simple idea: as parents, you can get a lot of things wrong … as long as you get a few big things right.
And I’ve gathered the ten big things you need to teach your kid about money before they leave home — and laid them out for you into a step-by-step roadmap.
Introducing … The Barefoot Ten
One of the biggest problems parents tell me is that they don’t have a plan for teaching their kids about money.
They have no idea what their kid should know at their age … or whether they’re doing enough.
Enter the Barefoot Ten.
The Barefoot Ten will help guide you to the final goodbye, by showing you exactly what you need to teach your kids … when … and most importantly, how to do it while having fun.
Here’s just a taste of what you’ll find in this book:
- You’ll discover How to Protect Your Kids from Bank Robbers — including the exact bank accounts I recommend for kids — and my ‘Three Jars, Three Jobs, Three Minutes’ strategy for putting kids’ financial education on autopilot.
- You’ll crush the curse of materialism with The Family Treasure Hunt … and discover how to play Flogglebox, the dessert game that instantly inoculates your kids against TV marketing (for life).
- You (or really, your kids) will throw The Grandparents Dinner Party, where they’ll discover the hidden cost of UberEats … and whip up a tasty, delicious meal for the family (this is where a certain special pasta recipe might come in handy … just kidding, I’ve got something better in the book).
- I’ll show you how to Break the Brat in as little as one night … with a special challenge designed to turn even the brattiest of kids into generous, grateful givers (and it’s backed up by science).
- You’ll make the easiest $100 of your life with the Lazy $100 Power Challenge … and give your kids a life-changing confidence boost at the same time.
- In Why Your Kids Need Plastic Surgery, you’ll protect your kids from ever getting into debt … with the ‘credit smoothie’ that will make ‘em puke at the thought.
- Your teens will discover The Life-Changing Magic of Burger-Flipping … with my three-step process for getting a part-time job with zero experience whatsoever (plus my one-night “McFlurry in a Hurry” Resume hack)!
- You’ll guarantee your teen an endless stream of gushing referrals with some help from Barefoot Betty — and set them up for higher earnings and job satisfaction for life.
- You’ll discover how to give your child the $437,068 Gift (that doesn’t cost you a cent) over tacos.
- And you’ll discover how to start investing for your kids (the right way) in as little as 15 minutes using the Barefoot Ladder — a strategy to help your kids financially into their first home without making them into spoilt brats.
- And a lot more — like how to help your kid get into a safe car, how to score the “parents’ discount” whenever you fuel up with your kids in the car, the simple formula for working out pocket money, and hundreds more strategies for teaching and raising financially fit kids.
Look, the families who’ve been testing this book for me say it’s BETTER than my last one — and I agree.
Honestly, for just $19.99 (for the next 48 hours with the codeword ‘ALPACA’) you can change your family tree.
Yet it’s not just about you: I wrote this book to be the perfect book for giving away. To your friends, to your kids, to your nephews and nieces, or anyone in your life who has kids.
Giving this book shows that you care … and you can bring someone’s family together for under $20!
Of course, if you order three or more copies, I’ll throw in some awesome bonuses for you too:
- I’ll donate a book to a needy school on your behalf, until we hit every school in Australia.
- You’ll get a private invitation to a live online Q&A session on the farm, where I’ll hang around all day to answer as many of your questions as I can.
- You’ll get the chance to snag one of 1,000 signed copies.
- And, you’ll get an awesome Alpaca Attitude tote to carry your books:
