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Author pitches financal
responsibility for youth
“Let’s teach our kids to control money,
to respect it and make it work to their
benefit — not their detriment.”
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Fron Harris world, it’s
tough for today’s black par
ents to teach (and live)
healthy spending and sav
ing. An entrepreneur, who
has advised thousands of
small businesses — many in
the African-American com
munity — a star forward on
the WNBA's first champion
ship team and a woman who
helped raise two children,
Fran Harris knows the score.
With on-target insightand a
sense of humor, Harris
shows black parents how to
face their own money de
mons head on — and start
their kids on the smart track
to prosperity — in In the
Black: the African Ameri
can Parent’s Guide to Rais
ing Financially Responsible
Children (Fireside Books, a
Simon & Schuster Trade
Paperback Original, Sep
tember 10, 1998, $12.)
African-Americans have
one of the country’s highest
debt to income ratios. And,
as Harris points out, money-
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is alarmingly high. A firm
believer that kids from pre
school to teens should learn
the dollars and cents truths,
she can turn any situation
into a lesson in financial val
ues. Sensitive to issues
plaguing black kids daily —
gangs, drugs, racism,
classism and a host of cul
tural twists — Harris shows
parents just how to:
B Recognize their own
money traps — and break
freetoset a positive example.
BCounteract the impact of
television, advertising, and
peer pressure.
®Drivehomethe difference
between cash and credit
cards — and call attention to
the priceon the headsof those
little plastic cards.
BGive kids a dose of em
ployment reality and spark a
kidpreneur spirit.
®Deal with tough, money
sensitive issues — including
what to do if their child is
caught stealing.
“We've got to stop the cycle
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of mismanagement, misuse
and abuse of our money,” Har
ris urges in a recent keynote
address. “Let’'steach ourkids
to control money, to respect it
and make it work to their
benefit — not their detri
ment.”
A compelling speaker, Fran
Harris is as much at home
addressing corporate execu
tives as she is with commu
nity, church and athletic or
ganizations. She is a speaker
on the African American
Women on Tour conference
circuit, small business con
sultant and the author of
About My Sister’s Business:
The Black Woman’s Road
Map to Successful Entrepre
neurship (Simon & Schuster,
1996, sl2). She has been
featured in Essence and
Emerge magazines and is a
color commentator for ESPN
and Fox Sports and a sideline
reporter for Lifetime. Hav
ingrecently completeher sec
ond WNBA season and now
working on her fourth book
and a screenplay.
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