Joe Fier explains how to teach kids finance through games instead of lectures. He uses the cash flow game to show children how money moves, and argues that early exposure helps them internalize patterns before they even learn formal math.
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They said, we want to be rich, not famous, Dad. I go, bingo. That's a big lesson you learn right there. Don't be famous, be rich. But. But what was interesting is all of that people would say, how'd your kids learn all this? And I says, listen, all kids are geniuses. My kids aren't any different. They're not magic, okay? There's nothing special about them. They're. They're just kids. Yeah, but the financial education, they didn't ascend to a great height. The education was brought down to them. That's the secret of a great teacher, is we didn't try to push them up. We brought the education down to within their grasp. And that's what the cash flow game does is.
Is so good, so many lessons. And that's why they could get on stage and understand those cash flow patterns, because it was ingrained in them since they were very little. Like before they could do math. Yeah.