When your child heads to college, they will face countless opportunities to get into debt, including seductive offers from credit card companies promising to charge 0% interest.

Today’s kids have no understanding of money management, says author Marlena Jareaux— they are driven by the media to consume and most expect to make $100,000 and drive luxury cars straight out of college.

Jareaux is worried about the financial future of teens, who are not being taught basic financial principles in school. As a guest on your show, she will share the important financial information every parent needs to impart on their child to
prevent a future crisis.

 Jareaux will discuss…

• What your child can do to avoid the pitfalls of credit card abuse.

• That if you teach your child to save and to only buy what they need, they will achieve financial independence and won’t need to move back home after graduation.

• That a student who doesn’t pay their bills on-time will have a harder time getting a job, getting into grad school, or getting insurance.

• How she went from being a renter and having horrible credit and high finance charges in college to becoming the successful owner of 11 investment properties.

CREDENTIALS: Marlena Jareaux is a licensed real estate agent and a real estate investor. She is the author of 26 FINANCIAL THINGS TO TEACH YOUR PARENTS and 26 THINGS TO TEACH YOUR PARENTS.

AVAILABILITY: Maryland and DC, nationwide via telephone and by appointment
CONTACT: Marlena Jareaux, (240) 372-9194 (MD); pr@26thingstoteach.com, www.26thingstoteach.com