Fundamental Lessons in Personal Finance

It's Financial Literacy Month -- time to boost your knowledge of money management.

April is Financial Literacy Month. So ask yourself how financially literate you -- or your children -- are. If you know little about the subject, we can teach you. If you consider yourself to be wise in the ways of personal finance, you always can benefit from a refresher course or two.

Start by taking these two quizzes to find out how much you know:

The Personal Finance Quiz

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These Kiplinger classics also will help improve your financial literacy:

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Learn how to better manage your money with these simple and practical lessons.

10 Financial Commandments for Your 20s

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10 Financial Commandments for Your 30s

You know the basics. Now build on that foundation to secure your financial future.

Financial Literacy for the Whole Family

Advice to help parents and children learn to save, invest wisely, use credit sparingly and live within your means.

If you need more personalized advice, the Your Money Bus is touring the nation, and at each stop financial planners will be providing free advice and symposiums. Check the schedule to see if will be stopping near you.

Cameron Huddleston
Former Online Editor, Kiplinger.com

Award-winning journalist, speaker, family finance expert, and author of Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk.

Cameron Huddleston wrote the daily "Kip Tips" column for Kiplinger.com. She joined Kiplinger in 2001 after graduating from American University with an MA in economic journalism.