Financial Literacy for Homeschool High Schoolers- Special Replay

This week on Homeschool Highschool Podcast: Financial Literacy for Homeschool High Schoolers- Special Replay Financial Literacy for Homeschool High Schoolers How do you go about preparing homeschool high schoolers for managing money throughout their lives? Financial Literacy is a life skills math credit that many teens will use WAY more often than their high school math. Join Sabrina, Vicki, Kym and Eagle, the Seeing Eye puppy for a fun discussion of Financial Literacy curriculum. Lots of us homeschooling parents did not have Financial Literacy courses in their high school days. Remember back then? The emphasis was taking lots of rigorous academic maths and sciences so that we would look competitive to colleges. Consumer Math or Financial Literacy was looked down on- a waste of credit-earning time. Often, those practical courses were reserved for non-college bound peers. Then came 2008, when the economy crashed! Some economists believed that poor personal financial management (including too much mortgage debt) was part of the problem. Education officials realized that many teens graduated from high school with no financial training. In reaction to this, many state education departments began to require that high school transcripts include Consumer Math so that teens could be ready with at least basic life-preparation, money-management skills. But Consumer Math might not be enough for many teens. If they want real-life preparation for not just money, but for: making financial decisions that will work for them, not against them wisely planning for the future other financial considerations Teens need more than Consumer Math for a financially successful future. They need Financial Literacy!