Mon 8th Mar, 2010
Financial Literacy–Pay Your Family First Endorses Thrive Time for Teens at Toy Fair 2010
The just released ThriveTime for Teens board game gains international exposure this week as Sharon Lechter, founder and CEO of Pay Your Family First, travels to Toy Fair 2010 in New York to promote this first-of-its-kind money and life reality board game. With more than 30,000 attendees, this annual trade show serves as the perfect platform to introduce ThriveTime for Teens to buyers, reviewers and toy professionals from around the world.
Global statistics show that in this economic crisis the average credit balance in students rose to over 60 perfect, student loan balances increased by an amazing 90 percent, and there was even a 25 percent increase in students who used one card to pay off another card. Financial illiteracy is sweeping the nation among teens in this economy.
ThriveTime for Teens offers a perfect solution that prepares youths for real experiences where every decision either drives them to the top, or finds them at the very bottom. Financial Literacy–Pay Your Family First Promotes ThriveTime for Teens at Toy Fair 2010 in New York City.
“Right now it is more important than ever for ThriveTime for Teens to be available on an international level,” stated Sharon Lechter. “We are so excited to be at Toy Fair 2010 and we feel that having a global presence will give this game the traction it needs to make a difference in the lives of youngsters across the world.”
Sharon Lechter is the author of the new bestseller “Three Feet from Gold” and co-author of the international best-seller “Rich Dad Poor Dad.” Also, along with her organization Pay Your Family First, ThriveTime for Teens was created, designed, and committed to give teens exciting, and fun, experiences with credit cards, jobs, work/life balance, time management and confidence building. A product of Lechter’s 25 years of raising three children, the game has gained national success from top toy reviewers for its easy, functional, interactive and family-fun approach to learning about finances and life. It is also endorsed by SuperCamp, the leading summer enrichment program for middle school through college students held at top colleges across the nation.
Sharon Lechter is an expert at finances for children, and also teenage confidence and credit building. She has recently promoted and created ThriveTime For Teens, a new game designed to help teens with financial crisis