In school we had a lot of fun after discovering a lot of self-help-books like Help, my child is lying on a classmates' parents' bookshelf. Now I know how these books enter a household and do not think it funny anymore.

Cissy is not reading novels at all. Her books fall into three categories: Work-related, Japanese language study and self-help. The current leader of the pack is Robert T. Kiyosaki, who writes books about personal finance, his most famous offering being Rich Dad, Poor Dad, a guide to financial independence. I was pressured to read it and I have to say I do not like it very much. As can be expected, it is only about money, which in itself I (just like Kiyosaki's poor dad) do not deem a fit topic for discussion or respectable object of ambition. I also have a strong feeling that for every rich person there must be at least a few poor persons, which leaves a bad taste in my mouth when I read about his opinions on taxation.

Rich Dad, Poor Dad has become a big business for Kiyosaki, Cissy has bought four more of his books, and there is even a monopoly-like board game (called Cashflow, sells for 200 US dollars) which my company president (another big fan) bought and was more than happy to lend us. Cashflow is fun, actually, although so far I only lost.

I will try to find some book for Cissy that defends my own economic philosophy and probably end up with Michael Moore. Lacking sufficient passive income, I will limit this search to the public library, though.