Why my dad isn't my financial role model
I wrote my first piece for DailyWorth, an essay titled "I Learned How NOT to Handle Money From My Dad." It's a pretty personal piece, but one I felt was important for me to write as part of my journey in figuring out my money. I'm usually not one to read comments, especially when I'm being vulnerable with my writing, but the comments so far over there have been very interesting and prove my theory that when you share from an intimate, personal place, others will too. Here's the beginning:
For my bat mitzvah, my dad gave me a check for a thousand dollars, a gigantic sum for a suburban teen in the ’80s. It was extravagant, and I was appropriately giddy, plotting exactly what I would use it for. Until it bounced.Read the whole thing
That’s one of many examples of the ways my father, while offering me unconditional love, failed me as a financial role model.
Labels: DailyWorth, essay, essays, finance, finances, money, parenting, parents, personal essays, personal finance, Rachel Kramer Bussel
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