--- title: Beth Kobliner | TIME description: Beth Kobliner is a personal finance commentator and journalist. Beth is also the author of a book for parents, Make Your Kid a Money Genius (Even If You’re Not) (due in early 2017 from Simon & Schuster) as well as the New York Times best seller Get a Financial Life, a guide for people in their twenties and thirties. She was selected by President Obama to serve on the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans, dedicated to increasing the financial know-how of kids of all ages and economic backgrounds. A former staff writer at Money magazine, Beth has contributed to the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal and has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Today, Sesame Street, and NPR. She began her career researching and writing more than one hundred columns for the personal finance pioneer Sylvia Porter, whose syndicated column appeared in over 150 newspapers nationwide. 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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Beth Kobliner ## Beth Kobliner Beth Kobliner is a personal finance commentator and journalist. Beth is also the author of a book for parents, [_Make Your Kid a Money Genius (Even If You’re Not)_ ](https://www.amazon.com/Make-Your-Money-Genius-Youre/dp/1476766819/ref=sr%5F1%5F1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1475076258&sr=1-1&keywords=make+your+kid+a+money+genius)(due in early 2017 from Simon & Schuster) as well as the _New York Times_ best seller _Get a Financial Life_, a guide for people in their twenties and thirties. She was selected by President Obama to serve on the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans, dedicated to increasing the financial know-how of kids of all ages and economic backgrounds. A former staff writer at _Money_ magazine, Beth has contributed to the _New York Times_ and the _Wall Street Journal_ and has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, _Today_, _Sesame Street_, and NPR. She began her career researching and writing more than one hundred columns for the personal finance pioneer Sylvia Porter, whose syndicated column appeared in over 150 newspapers nationwide. Beth graduated from Brown University and lives with her family in New York City. ## Beth Kobliner *  Jun 12, 2017 ### [6 Things Parents Get Wrong About Money](https://time.com/4815469/kids-money-rules/) Protect your child's financial future Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/beth-kobliner/","name":"Beth Kobliner"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/beth-kobliner/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/beth-kobliner/"},"name":"Beth Kobliner","jobTitle":null,"description":"Beth Kobliner is a personal finance commentator and journalist. 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