Teaching Children About Money in Lockdown

May 7, 2020 | ft.com 

Like millions of working parents up and down the country, my husband and I became temporary teachers overnight after UK schools closed and lockdown began on March 23 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Yet it’s not just the traditional subjects that are being taught digitally — there is a wealth of material on personal finance out there too for children of all ages.

Experts say the lockdown is the perfect opportunity to give young people the financial skills they need for life. “Most of the previous generations — including millennials and generation Xers — were not taught about basic financial concepts, having to learn the hard way once they started working,” says Adrian Lowcock, head of personal investing at Willis Owen.

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