Description
Money: Deal With It or Pay the Price is one of the titles in the Deal With It Series created to assist adolescents with everyday conflicts in their lives and promotes peaceful resolution. This title examines money and personal finances, how wealth or lack of it can lead to problems, and how to deal with conflicts over money. The topics covered include the definition of money as it relates to adolescents and their families, the myths about money, and issues surrounding entitlement, power and wealth. The book contains easy to understand examples presented in comic format, a quiz, letters to a Conflict Counsellor, do's and don'ts, and tips on how to deal with these issues. Suggested activities focus on understanding the different meanings money has for people, understanding how money cannot give or buy happiness, and understanding the worth of a person does not depend on money. This is a valuable student resource for dealing with the issue of personal finances at the classroom level. The cartoon illustrations are effective and inclusive showing male and female students from a variety of cultural and religious groups.