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Teaching children about money

Though children will usually learn how to add, subtract or multiply in school, very often they are not taught the skills they need to manage their money in older life.

Though children will usually learn how to add, subtract or multiply in school, very often they are not taught the skills they need to manage their money in older life. We鈥檒l hear from children around the world about their understanding of, and relationship with, money. Then, Lily Lapenna MBE, of MyBnk, describes her decades long campaign to improve financial education in UK schools, and how a gap still remains between boys and girls in financial literacy. Eddie Behringer, CEO of the fintech firm Copper, explains how their bank accounts for teenagers can help build skills from early on. And Dhruti Shah, author of the illustrated business dictionary Bear Markets and Beyond, recounts how she wishes she鈥檇 realised sooner just how much finance and business would factor in her life, and how a basic business vocabulary can help you understand your world better.

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Tue 16 Feb 2021 08:32GMT

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