Ruth Handler Quotes

I bought an electric scooter in sixth grade. Bankrupted me.

I have made lots of mistakes in terms of contracts and spending money when I shouldn't have spent money.

I'm a big advocate of financial intelligence.

It is critical that kids start to learn the value of money, short-term and long-term saving and budgeting at an early age.

If you're financially responsible, your children have a much better chance to grow up financially responsible.

The people who don't know personal finance have TV shows about it.

We teach about how to drive in school, but not how to manage finances.

As much as I want to help people, I had to accept the fact long ago that being stupid with money isn't illegal.

As parents, we teach our kids about things we feel competent in. That's why so many parents don't teach their kids about money.

I say all the time I think there should be some courses in the regular schooling system that isn't, even like about credit, things that matter later in life. I learned the harder way: 'Look, I got a $500 credit card in the mail, let's go shopping!'

The thing I have discovered about working with personal finance is that the good news is that it is not rocket science. Personal finance is about 80 percent behavior. It is only about 20 percent head knowledge.

Without any formal personal finance instruction in our high school or college curricula, many college seniors who graduate in the red will continue to make common financial mistakes that only exacerbate their debt burdens.

My dad was a baggage handler at Heathrow and careful with money. He worked hard and had three jobs when I was young. I wish I'd inherited his care for money. Sadly, I've grown up to be rather scatty when it comes to finances.

My parents were the traditional Filipino parents who didn't talk about money around the dinner table.

Each time you go to the grocery store with your kids, it is a potential learning opportunity. In order not to overemphasize materialism, focus on other things to do with money. In 'Beyond the Lemonade Stand,' I try to emphasize the importance of saving money, and of using it to help other people.

Many people are in the dark when it comes to money, and I'm going to turn on the lights.

Teaching money management is a practical tool that will help shape kids' futures.

I am one of those artists who knows where their money is. I pay my bills; I take care of my mama. I handle my business. I am a businessman. I go to meetings and take care of things, so it's a lot more than just partying and turning up.

I'd say the main way people get into terrible financial trouble is just to spend too much money relative to their income, and that is an endemic problem in the United States of America, and that's the kind of thing that should be taught about in schools.

I want parents to teach that academic intelligence is essential, but so is financial intelligence.

Young children need to develop good habits that will be useful to them the rest of their lives. It is important to keep the lessons age-appropriate. For example, when your children start earning allowances, that would be a good time to teach them how to put some money in the bank instead of spending it all.

If you don't educate yourself, you'll never get out of the starting block because you'll spend all your money making foolish decisions.

My dad was fiscally conservative, and I was influenced by that. He didn't believe in spending more than you had because it gets you into trouble.

It's not surprising so many people end up with credit-card debts. Saving for your retirement and buying a house are difficult things, and we don't educate people about them at all.

If you have a line of business - I know this as a CEO - or if you have a teenager - I know this as a parent - who have a spending problem, what do you do? You quit giving them money.