Are you teaching your kids the habits of financial success? Take our quiz.

Many guides offer tips on how to raise children, but there's little research on how to teach financial success. So I did my own research: a year developing a questionnaire; four years interviewing 233 wealthy people and 128 poor people; and another 18 months writing a book, "Rich Habits: The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals." Financially successful parents pick and choose among these habits and they often emphasize the character these qualities build rather than the money they bring. While putting them into practice doesn't guarantee financial success, following a well-worn path increases your chances of getting to your destination. If you have a child 14 years or older, take our quiz to see if your success habits coincide with those taught by the well-to-do:

9. How well do you know your child's close friends and their parents?

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Dylan Burger jokes with his mother Elizabeth at the Boys & Girls Club in Santa Monica, Calif., in this file photo from December. Elizabeth Burger and her husband lost their apartment in 2009 after both losing their jobs with combined earnings of $100,000 a year, sold most of their possessions and lived in a motel before moving into Elizabeth's mother's garage last year.

Our child has so many friends that it’s impossible to know each one

Not as well as I should

We know each one of their close friends well and we also know the parents well

My child changes friends so often that I can’t keep up

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