costanza;329430 wroteFor the sake of discussion, aren't today's youth more prepared for the "real world" tho?
Hell, no . . . they have no concept of finances. Growing up with parents who survived the Great Depression, as well as World War Two, the basic concepts of money management were drilled into my head at a very early age. I may not have always followed those lessons, but I am back on track now. Today's children have no clue about this sort of thing, and I find it almost criminal that it is not focused on more stringently in our schools. My daughter is learning, and might actually be prepared by the time she heads off to post-secondary life in a couple years.