"I didn't teach my 2.5 year old to read, I spent 2.5 years teaching my kid to read...."

No I didn't drill either kid daily, I simply included all sorts of reading useful information for 2.5 years...when they were ready they put all the information together and tried to read..then they tried again..and again..and one day..it clicked..both my older two were about 2.5 when it clicked, and I get asked about both at various times 'how did you teach your child to read so young.."

I didn't, like I said, I spent 2.5 years teaching them!"

But while I look at my finances did it really take 20 some years for me to learn how to balance a checkbook? Err no, I havn't really done much on checkbooks with my kids, and while I do remember some lessons on checks/budgets with my mother (I was mostly homeschooled) I honestly had to try it to learn it, so it took me 10ish years to learn..Ok that is still a bit long, but hey sounds better than 20 something!

Looking at the numbers I want to make sure start some finance lessons with my kids now..so that they can take 10 years to learn and yet still be in their teens when they get it straightened out. (BTW national average age of the finance savvy is much older than 20 something, so moms checkbook lessons helped cut my curve down, I just hope more lessons will help even more)