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How to explain banking to kids when you don't understand it yourself

My teenager asked me to explain how money works and I realized I actually have no idea what happens when I swipe my debit card or why banks exist at all.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The complexity of modern financial systems has created widespread functional illiteracy about fundamental economic processes.

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“Where Are You with How banks work?”

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