Question about books/sites to help people with no background.

[Brian H.]

Hey Folks,

I hope everyone's weekend has kicked off with a bang (or a hammock)!

I have an employee here in the restaurant I run. He is 19. He is one of the hardest working 19 year olds I have ever met (when he wants to be, he IS still 19). Overall, great person. Honest, loyal, hard-working, driven, wants a future for him and his mama.

I see such potential in him and I want to pass some books or websites or whatever to him to help him start to grasp the understanding of saving, preparing for the futures, etc. I don't think sending him here would help much, at this point. It would be really overwhelming at first, I believe. He didn't finish high school and so is missing some understanding in the mathematics arena. I don't think he didn't finish because he wasn't smart enough. He's a smart kid. It's just his environment. No one in his family finished high school, they dropped out to start working to help support the family.

Rich Dad was the first book that popped into my mind... but I didn't know if there are other books that are maybe more simple to start off with. A sort of personal finance for dummies kind of book. But I don't know if that book is really worth anything or just fluff.

So, can you all recommend some books or websites (or podcasts) that could help introduce these ideas to him? I'm looking in more of a personal finance direction and not REI, yet. Saving, planning for the future, understanding compound interest, no complex math yet. He was an A/B student when he dropped out of school... so he isn't a dummy. But I don't want to just slap him in the face with all the heavier topics all at once.

Hopefully this rambling post makes sense?

I figure between all the folks in here there have to be some good suggestions.

Thank you all so much!

Everyone have a great weekend!