Don't want to teach your kids about money? Let cartoon Warren Buffett have a crack.


Warren Buffett's cartoon show, Secret Millionaires Club, isn't really a secret — it has been around since 2009, and has steadily been expanding its audience among parents and educators concerned about America's financial illiteracy.
It isn't even Buffett's show, really — it's the brainchild of TV producer Andy Heyward, most famous for the Inspector Gadget franchise — but Buffett helps write the script and voices his animated avatar, and he even suggested adding "Secret" to the title, to grab kids' attention. "Say the word 'secret' and their faces light up," Buffett tells MarketWatch's Charles Passy.
Buffett and others say that the best place to learn about money is in the home — or, barring that, in school. "This stuff is age-old, but it has to be taught," Buffett says. "Some kids are lucky enough to get it at home, but a lot aren't." If you are one of those parents who feels ill-equipped to teach their children age-appropriate financial literacy, or uninterested, you can outsource the job to cartoon Buffett, at Secret Millionaires Club's site, or its YouTube channel, or, soon perhaps, on a cable TV channel. For a taste of what Buffett has to offer, watch Passy talk with The Wall Street Journal's Tanya Rivero in the video below. Peter Weber
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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.
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