According to MSN Money, Summer Camps that offer pro-business programs are becoming increasingly popular around the U.S. A typical program teaches basic economics, budgeting, how the stock market works and how to run a small business. Educational entrepreneurs are tapping to a growing demand from parents and kids for a way to learn “the facts of life about managing and investing money.” According to a financial planner who runs such a camp:
Being a financial planner, I’ve worked with people for many years. It’s frustrating to me that so many of them don’t have basic knowledge. At their age, it’s hard to change their habits after they have developed problems with credit. I decided that teaching kids when they are young is the only way to go.
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