I played the old board game with my kids this evening and was surprised by the many lessons it offered up — some of them surprisingly timely.
My son spent a ton of his money on stock, which proved to worth only a fraction of what he paid for it. My daughter reached a fork in the road where on one path she could land on a Recycle square and earn a LIFE tile — but the other fork led to $75,000 in tax refunds. She said “…it’s better for the environment but I’m driving a green car with two lesbians so…” and she took the refund over the recycling. And this is a really enlightened girl.
But the ultimate twist was that she was the only one who went to college, coming out with a career as an Artist and a low salary. So it was really a huge surprise at the end when she had far more money than anyone else…
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