Ally and I played a three hour game of Monopoly tonight. At 8:30 pm, I told her it was getting late, thinking she had school in the morning. I forgot she is on summer break. So, we played on until one of us was bankrupt at 9 pm. Our three-hour game left me rolling in Monopoly dough, and Ally thinking ahead to investment strategies for the next game.
Monopoly will, most likely, be one of the ways in which we spend evenings this summer, as Ally is learning about money. She started earlier this week by watching an ABC television special, "Unbroke," a 2-hour crash course on the basics of credit, saving, investing, etc. She learned a lot in those 2-hours and now understands why I choose to pay cash and encourage her to save some of her allowance each month. I have a feeling she'll be finding new ways to stretch her allowance this summer and will, no doubt, have some savings set aside by the time school resumes. I'm awfully proud of this kid!
