> I've had a checking account and debit card since I was 10 years old

I dare you to teach a 4 or 5 year old to use one!

Do you think they'd fare much better with budgeting physical cash?

gwbas1c 7 months ago | parent | next [-]

You don't have kids, do you?

Addition and subtraction are abstract concepts that are learned around age 5-6. It starts with tangible objects, pictures, ect.

Cash is a tangible object that helps teach the concept.

rcdemski 7 months ago | parent | prev [-]

I certainly didn’t. I remember getting cash as a young child, thinking with $20 I was “rich”, and rapidly blowing it on Sim City.

I only understood the value of money once I both had a bank account and a job that funded it.

	▲	CalRobert 7 months ago \| parent [-]
		Sim City isn't a bad way to spend $20 in fairness