Life Really Does Take Visa
It's tough enough to teach kids how to manage money wisely, but now Hasbro has announced plans for a new version of its popular The Game of Life board game in which play money will be replaced by a Visa-branded card. According to Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, in the new version, called Twists & Turns, players will insert their card into a LIFEPod to keep track of their finances, which will make counting cash obsolete.
Matt's View
You could certainly argue that plastic is more "real world" than cash these days. However, when it comes to teaching kids about money, coins and currency--even play money--are better training tools than plastic.
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Managing Money by The Book
- "To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.'" - 2 Corinthians 12:7-9
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