In all of history, no children have had more money of their own, more pressure to spend it, and less guidance in how to do it than the kids of America at the dawn of the 21st century. “Today, more than ever, children must learn about money, for it is both a source of confusion and an indispensable tool they must learn to use.” Those words made a lot of sense back in 1950, in a Kiplinger’s magazine article entitled “Will Your Child Know the Value of a Dollar?” And they're even more true today