The New York Times' Ron Lieber Will Speak at New Canaan Country School March 6

Ron Lieber, “Your Money” columnist for The New York Times, frequent contributor to The New York Times “Motherlode” column, and author of the recently published “The Opposite of Spoiled,” will speak at New Canaan Country School on Friday, March 6 from 8:30-9:30 a.m., followed by a book signing. Books will be available for sale from Elm Street Books. The event is hosted by the school’s Parents’ Association as part of a monthly speaker series. This event is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required.

The topic of the lecture is “Helping Your Children Think About – and Manage – Money Responsibly.” Lieber will discuss how “difficult” money questions should be out in the open and used as a teaching tool with children to raise financially responsible young adults. Pre-register for this event online at www.countryschool.net/ronlieber.

Lieber has been the “Your Money” columnist for The New York Times since 2008. His columns about student loans won the 2011 Loeb award, business journalism’s highest honor, in the personal finance category. Lieber previously wrote the “Green Thumb” column for The Wall Street Journal’s Money & Investing section and was part of the start-up team at the paper’s Personal Journal section in 2002. He has also been on staff at Fortune and Fast Company magazines.

His first book “Taking Time Off: Inspiring Stories of Students Who Enjoyed Successful Breaks from College and How You Can Plan Your Own,” co-authored with Colin Hall, was a New York Times bestseller in 1996. He also wrote “Upstart Start-Ups,” a book for young entrepreneurs, and was the co-author of a guidebook to the best entry-level jobs in the United States.

Lieber lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn, with his wife Jodi Kantor, a fellow New York Times reporter and the author of the 2012 New York Times bestseller “The Obamas,” and their nine-year-old daughter.

Read more about him at www.RonLieber.com.

New Canaan Country School is an independent day school serving children from Beginners (age 3) through Grade 9 from Fairfield and Westchester counties. For more information, visit www.countryschool.net.