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Summary: Book that Pays Back
Review: "Choking on the Silver Spoon" is a realistic, empathetic, and well thought out program for dealing with complexities and stress concerning money, parents, and children. If you feel trapped in any way by financial and/or discipline matters, this book will pay back dividends for many generations.
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Summary: Book that Pays Back
Review: "Choking on the Silver Spoon" is a realistic, empathetic, and well thought out program for dealing with complexities and stress concerning money, parents, and children. If you feel trapped in any way by financial and/or discipline matters, this book will pay back dividends for many generations.
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Summary: Great Help for the Concerned Parent
Review: As a parent who's worried about how our success would affect our kids, I found this book to be just what the doctor ordered. The brief tests and down-to-earth advice made it easy to take the information and use it with some of the problems we've had with our "entitled" teenager and bright but stuggling college-bound adult child. Very readable and a reference I'll keep handy for the years to come.
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Summary: A primer for passing down financial survival skills
Review: Choking On The Silver Spoon: Keeping Your Kids Healthy, Wealthy And Wise In A Land Of Plenty by Gary Buffone (a practicing licensed psychologist and Director, The Family Business Century, Byron Harless Consulting, Jacksonville, Florida) is a very practical and accessibly written parenting guide meant for parents everywhere, whether raising toddlers, dealing with difficult teenagers, or keeping in touch with their adult children. Choking On The Silver Spoon deals with the very serious problem of handling children and money matters in a fair and balanced manner that will not "spoil" children, but rather teach them the true value of hard-earned wages, give them initiative to achieve, and help them better succeed financially when on their own. Of special note are the "five laws": The Law Of Necessity; The Law Of Loving Limits; The Law Of Reciprocity; The Law Of Fiscal Responsibility; and The Law of Example. This is superbly presented and highly recommended primer for passing down financial survival skills and endearing a healthy respect for work and the fruits of honest labor.
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Summary: Practical Advice for a SignificantProblem
Review: Having read this book I am reminded that "common sense" is not all that common, especially among the affluent and educated strata of American society. Dr. Buffone nicely summarizes the symptoms and problems associated with substituting material things (that money can buy) for true personal significance gained through committed human relationships, serving others and sacrificially contributing to a greater good. More importantly, Dr. Buffone provides a systematic way of addressing the acute and long-term problem(s) associated with "affluenza". The text is filled with self-exams that help with diagnosis and understanding of the problem, as well as clearly outlined guidelines for addressing the same. I would recommend the book to anyone who is himself or herself struggling with a distorted perspective of the true value of material wealth.
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Summary: with a spoonful of humor too!
Review: How do rich kids get to be such brats? Have you ever wanted to explain to your kids (& yourself!) what money is & is not, & what it can & cannot do? Then CHOKING ON THE SILVER SPOON is a good place to start.Dr. Gary Buffone, advisor to the affluent, has written a readable & engaging guide which covers:
When Wealth Cripples: The Monetarily Mangled; Why Parents Worry; Recognizing the Silver Spoon Syndrome; Is Your Child a Silver-Spooner?; The Rising Tide of Wealth in America, & much more. He explains why Money Can't Buy Them Love & how to go about Curing the Plague of Prosperity. & then he sets forth The Five Immutable Laws of Financial Parenting:
-- of Necessity
-- of Loving Limits
-- of Reciprocity
-- of Fiscal Responsibility
-- of Example. Rebeccasreads highly recommends CHOKING ON THE SILVER SPOON for all parents (rich & not-so-rich) who want to raise their children with a better grasp of what money means in the scheme of things, & how having it affects your life.
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Summary: with a spoonful of humor too!
Review: How do rich kids get to be such brats? Have you ever wanted to explain to your kids (& yourself!) what money is & is not, & what it can & cannot do? Then CHOKING ON THE SILVER SPOON is a good place to start. Dr. Gary Buffone, advisor to the affluent, has written a readable & engaging guide which covers:
When Wealth Cripples: The Monetarily Mangled; Why Parents Worry; Recognizing the Silver Spoon Syndrome; Is Your Child a Silver-Spooner?; The Rising Tide of Wealth in America, & much more. He explains why Money Can't Buy Them Love & how to go about Curing the Plague of Prosperity. & then he sets forth The Five Immutable Laws of Financial Parenting:
-- of Necessity
-- of Loving Limits
-- of Reciprocity
-- of Fiscal Responsibility
-- of Example. Rebeccasreads highly recommends CHOKING ON THE SILVER SPOON for all parents (rich & not-so-rich) who want to raise their children with a better grasp of what money means in the scheme of things, & how having it affects your life.
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Summary: choking on the silver spoon
Review: I found this book an easy, engaging read. Many of us have spent a great deal of time obtaining, and protecting our financial gains. Mr. Buffone's book provides simple and informed advice (based on personal examples) on wealth's potential effects on our greatest assets- our children. In my opinion- a must read.
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Summary: Choking on the Silver Spoon
Review: I highly recommend this book for parents who love there kids enough to work at raising them to be productive and successful individuals in a "give me" society. This book is an excellent resource for families of silver spooners as well as anyone raising children in a society that encourages getting something for nothing. I have a group of friends who are reading this book in a book club and discussing it weekly.
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Summary: Choking on the Silver Spoon
Review: I highly recommend this book for parents who love there kids enough to work at raising them to be productive and successful individuals in a "give me" society. This book is an excellent resource for families of silver spooners as well as anyone raising children in a society that encourages getting something for nothing. I have a group of friends who are reading this book in a book club and discussing it weekly.
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