I recently struck up a conversation with the babysitter of one of my children's friends. She comes from a single parent home, and works two jobs after school. She's not an unpleasant girl, but the overwhelming impression I get from her is unhappiness and dissatisfaction.
It came out that she wants study business in college, and my understanding is that she wants money, lots of it. It's probably been hard to grow up in this HCOL area.
Since she is earning money, I asked if she were investing in a Roth IRA. She had never heard of such a thing, and was intrigued, though a little suspicious.
I would like to buy her a book about financial literacy, and maybe stick a paper in it with the name of a few websites that might help her learn more. Wonder if anybody has a recommendation for a starter book on finances that would be helpful to a young adult who will need to learn this on her own?