Radical Personal Finance

Today, I bring you an interview with a dynamo: Eva from TeensGotCents.com.

I met Eva in New Orleans at the FinCon conference. She was attending with her mother and I was incredibly impressed with her.

Eva writes about about personal finance for a teen audience. She began at the age of 15 and she shares her own journey and also gives advice for other young people.

In the interview, we weave two themes:

1. Eva's advice for teens
2. Eva's own experience/example as a financial blogger

Both of these themes are valuable. Frankly, I'm a bit jealous of Eva's early start in writing about the topics of personal finance. I wish I'd had the foresight to begin at her age.

Listen carefully to the story of her site and consider how you can help your children--or yourself--to start something similar. It's a really neat story.

Other topics include:

• Budgeting basics for teens
• The envelope system
• The value of attending professional conferences--especially for young people
• How to teach teens to get jobs

Enjoy!

Joshua

Links:

• Eva's blog: Teens Got Cents
• Spoken Word Performance #1: I Will Not Let An Exam Result Decide My Fate
• Spoken Word Performance #2: Why I Hate School But Love Education