I know my 5th graders seem to think that they will have enough money to buy a brand new $60,000+ automobile and rent a really nice condo all without going to college. I've got one boy convinced he'll be a football star, even though his grades are in the toilet because he refuses to do anything that involves writing or reading. He's sure he's so good that he'll be allowed to play on the high school team anyway and get recruited right out of high school. I've watched him play... I don't see those superstar qualities yet. But he is only 10.

Children really don't have a clue what things cost, groceries, utilities, gas... They just don't think about it. Anything that gets them thinking about money beyond borrowing it from you and spending it, is good I think.

Veronica