We have a fourth grader, and at back to school night the teacher went over how the kids get to learn about earning, interest, paying taxes, etc., and at the end of the year they get to do an auction to buy some widgets with their “money” that they accumulated in the learning process across the year.
Of course one of the woke parents made a huge gripe about how they have so many things to say about capitalism and how they don’t approve of this at all. Even around here in PRNJ most of the other parents wondered how anyone could have such an outlook versus life skills. But this is pervasive. I’d suspect you have even more crazies out your way…
It just struck me as incredible. They’re trying to teach exactly as you mentioned in grade school, and now it’s viewed by some as bad… apparently it’s privilege to learn about financial literacy and paying taxes.
You’re spot on. Kids need to learn this… and the actual value of money. What it takes to earn it.