Day 85

Okay, so, the 10 year old wants to buy some Nike shares and the teenager wants to buy Gap.

They're looking to me for leadership, but I've never invested in stocks before - just my 401k mutual funds at my work. I feel like the "Little Engine that Could" - I can do this, I can do this.

I think I'll open the paper at work today and find where these actual symbols are listed and how I can their prices. What am I thinking? The kids would be able to look that stuff up online in 5 seconds. I'll go on line when I get to work today and figure out how to find all this stuff quickly.

Breath, breath.

[I wonder how I EVER thought that my kids would grow up smarter about money when I have to use so much courage and energy to just do these few small steps to teach them. Wow! Am I glad we're doing this now, together, as a family!]

Found it (hey, I didn't realize the Google search can give you the stock quote without having to even go to any stock market page or anything!).

Nike - symbol NKE - price $53.03
Gap - symbol GPS - price $18.34
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Theresa Markham, Esq.
Author, The Kids' Bank Book