<prompt> Human: Im looking for resources especially online ones that support parents who want to teach their high school-aged kids about personal finance. Ideally this would cover topics like budgeting, how student loans work, compound interest, and more. This could be something to give directly to the student, or something a parent can use to get better at teaching financial literacy. What do parentsteachersrelatives use to reach high school students? Are there good resources out there for this?  <response>: I can tell you how I learned. When I was 13 years old when I started high school, my parents gave me an allowance of 400mo paid 200 bi-weekly out of their paychecks. It was direct deposited into my checking account and I had to use it to pay for lunch at school and any social activities I wanted, such as dinner out with friends or attending a concertsporting event. At first, that 400 was instantly gone because Id buy video games or computer parts or whatever and Id find myself having to eat a bagel for lunch at school because my parents were adamant that I manage these parts of my life. When I asked how I was supposed to pay for all of these things on 400mo this was in 2000-2004, for context, my dad was SO glad I asked and informed me Id need to make a budget and save. So we sat down and I listed all of the things I wanted to be able to buy that month and he sent me too google and my online banking to determine what each things would cost and we made me a budget. When I wanted to attend a concert one month, I learned to adjust said budget to save for concert tickets. When I wanted a PA system for my band, I sold my beanie baby collection from my more youthful days and paid cash my most successful, though accidental, financial venture. They also reviewed the statements from my college fund with me so that I could see how invested money grew over time. Basically, it was a lot of actually doing PF things with some guidance when I asked for it. My relative frugality was born of necessity which made me actually interested in how to use my money responsibly so that I could go see Linkin Park instead of just being given a boring lecture because mommy said so. I totally understand that every kid is different and what worked for me might not work for others, but Im eternally grateful to have had this as part of my upbringing and will absolutely do something similar whenif I have kids. I wont say I learned everything perfectly. I still took out 80k in student loans damn you, law school and will admit Im not the best saver youve ever seen but I do have a 6 month emergency fund and a small Roth IRA, but Ive met many of my generation who have shown me Im still depressingly? ahead of the curve. 