Common Sense Media Review
By Melissa Camacho
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Financial advice is informative, superficial; has cursing.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 13+?
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How to Get Rich
What's the Story?
HOW TO GET RICH is a docuseries featuring The New York Times author Ramit Sethi giving financial advice to those looking to figure out how to live a richer life. Sethi spends six weeks working with individuals and couples facing a range of situations to help them sort out their finances and understand what it really means to be in control of their money. His clients receive guidance on making spending decisions that will help them get out of debt, build wealth, and allow them spend money on things they want and can afford without feeling bad about it. Subjects like planning for retirement and buying a house are also discussed.
Is It Any Good?
The voyeuristic and mildly helpful series features people from different walks of life receiving financial guidance in hopes of acheiving their personal definition of financial freedom. Ramit Sethi doles out generic advice intended to help change the way his clients think about money and their relationship to it. He also offers his perspectives on things like home buying, hiring financial advisors, and other common finance-related activities. Much of this is offered with minimal details, and platitudes like "don't spend more than what you make" are simplistic and rooted in basic common sense. Nonetheless, watching how different people deal with their financial concerns is interesting.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about some of the topics discussed in this series. Why are people emotionally attached to money? Why do people sometimes have a hard time talking about finances? Can you have a healthy attitude toward money if you don't?
How does How to Get Rich define being rich? Does earning a lot of money automatically make you wealthy? What things can we do every day to improve our finances, even if we don't have a lot of money to spend?
TV Details
- Premiere date : April 18, 2023
- Cast : Ramit Sethi
- Network : Netflix
- Genre : Reality TV
- Character Strengths : Communication
- TV rating :
- Last updated : April 18, 2023
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