Financial Education for our kids?

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How can we raise kids who appreciate the value of money? Kids who won't get a credit card from the first person who offers them a free t-shirt and rack up thousands of dollars of debt? Kids who will save their money in order to buy something they want? Kids who will give to others? This was the subject of a Minnesota Public Radio conversation on Friday. There was some great insight offered from two experts in the field- a writer and an educator. Here's a link to the conversation:

Financial advice and education for young people Minnesota Public Radio News

One idea that resonated was to provide your kids with three large transparent jars marked "spend" "save" and "give." Any time they receive money, they are expected to divide it evenly between the three. This teaches them in a simple way how we don't just spend all of the money we take in, there is a need to save some and we should give some to others who are less fortunate.

How did you learn about money? How do you plan to teach your kids?