Trusted: Preparing Your Kids for a Lifetime of God-Honoring Money Management

As a seasoned leadership coach, I constantly seek out valuable resources to facilitate my clients' personal and professional growth. "Trusted" by Matt Bell is one such book that I am thrilled to recommend. Matt's narrative style is exceptionally approachable, seamlessly blending personal anecdotes with a solid biblical foundation. His approach to educating the emerging generation on the intricacies of money management is both practical and profound. This book isn't just a reading experience; it's an invaluable tool for anyone looking to impart financial wisdom to the young minds of today.

Whenever I read a book from Matt Bell, I always come away so grateful that I found the book and have learned so much from Matt’s extensive knowledge about money and money management. This book, in my opinion, provides excellent principles and examples as to how to teach your children about managing money. Having two kids that are married and out of the house, I wish I had this resource in my hands about 20 years ago, but hey, that’s not Matt‘s fault. Besides, I have 2 Granddaughters, six-years-old and four-years-old who will be getting a copy of this book very soon.This is such a tremendous resource for Christian families that seek to honor God through teaching their children financial principles, as well as for secular families that desperately need the common sense & wisdom Matt offers in this book.This book is particularly relevant and applicable for parents who have kids that desperately need to understand how to wisely manage their money, especially in such uncertain and volatile economic times.

This book is an incredible resource that aids parents in discussing a crucial but often overlooked subject…our lifelong relationship with money. Highly recommended!

Highly recommend this book and Matt's grace-filled approach to financial wisdom for families. This book generated a lot of thought and conversation in our household as we considered our own "money scripts" and the financial wisdom we hope to impart to our children.Wherever you are in your family's journey, use this book as a tool to jump start conversations on how to grow in your financial wisdom!

The "Trusted" book was insightful as to the condition of the young / teenage culture when it comes to stewardship. A lot of the lesson rang true for the older generation (me) as well.As a father who's trying to raise Godly. responsible children, I found the book gave me new energized motivation to teach and do a better job of stewardship. I highly recommend this book.

Trusted is an entertaining yet practical book for money management. The biblical wisdom for adults to learn is great as is, but the practical examples for sharing these wise and biblical truths with children will impact the future of society for years to come. I appreciate the relevant topics on technology, budgeting, and continued scripture throughout Trusted that speaks to money. I highly recommend this book and would encourage young, old, single, married, childless or 1 kid and counting to dive into this uplifting read. Thank you Matt for writing a book on this topic. May it continue to bless those of all walks of life.

Trusted makes it easy for parents to instill smart and biblical money management ideas and practices in their children. It taught me as well! Chapter 8 Spending Smart was my favorite chapter as it provides quality examples on how we can be wise with our spending and tangible ways to get our children to learn how to spend wisely. Highly recommend this book!

I highly recommend this book to all parents, as all of us face the daunting challenge of teaching our children about money--a topic they will learn about from us whether we teach it directly or only by what we do. The author reminds the reader from the start that all of our money and possessions belong to God and uses Scripture throughout to gently take us back to the biblical perspective on money.The book it isn't set up as a recipe (i.e. if you follow these steps, your child will turn out financially perfectly). Instead, it has wise advice in a number of areas (such as earning, resisting consumerism, giving, and more) to help both the parent and any-age child navigate our world. This is a book which is set up to come alongside parents to help, guide and encourage. Many real-life examples of real families are included, which makes reading the book enjoyable and engaging. A valuable addition to my parenting library!