How many of you have ever heard your parents or grandparents tell stories about when they were your age? They might tell you how much harder life was then than it is now. Ask your parents, aunt or uncle, or grandparents, to tell you a story about their life when they were young.

Why would an adult want you to know how much tougher things were when they grew up? One reason is because they want younger people to appreciate what they have today. Can you name some things about your life that are easier than they were when your parents were your age?

They might also tell you that things were less expensive than they are today. Ask an adult in your family how much they paid for something, then compare that to what it would cost today.

Adults in our family can teach us many things about money. Here are some questions you can ask your family members so that you can learn more about them, and more about money:

1. What was your first job?
   
2. How old were you?
   
3. How much did you get paid at your first job?
   
4. What did you do with the money you made at your first job? Did you save it, spend it, pay for a college education?
   
5. What's the most valuable skill you learned from your first job?
   
6. What's the most important advice you can give me about jobs and money?

Think of some of your own questions, too. You will probably realize that being money smart is a life-long habit that begins when you're young and continues as you grow into an adult. And since money doesn't come with instructions, you should learn everything you can from the adults in your life who can teach you something about it!