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What a Video Game Can Teach Kids About Money
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What if learning about money felt more like running a lemonade stand than sitting in a classroom?
Can a video game improve financial literacy for kids? In this episode, Mac Gardner joins me to explore how Berryville teaches money, entrepreneurship, and real-world financial habits through hands-on experience.
Key Takeaways
🔹 Financial literacy sticks when it’s fun, practical, and interactive.
🔹 Berryville teaches money through entrepreneurship, showing how earning connects to spending and saving.
🔹 Early financial habits shape long-term outcomes, often more than income level.
🔹 Financial education starts at home and empowers parents to have better money conversations.
🔹 Games can democratize financial literacy by making it accessible and engaging.
🔹 Teaching kids to realize, recognize, and rationalize builds stronger financial judgment.
🔹 Staying curious about money builds lifelong financial confidence.
💭 Tony’s Take
Financial readiness starts earlier than we think. When we make learning about money engaging and habit-based, we give the next generation a powerful head start.
Connect with Mac Gardner, CFP®
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/macgardner/
- The Four Money Bears: https://www.thefourmoneybears.com
- Finlit Tech Website: https://finlittech.com
- MNY Fraternity Website: www.MNYFraternity.org
Books:
- Motivate Your Money!: Plan Spend Save Invest Gift (Amazon)
- The Four Money Bears - Mac Gardner (Amazon)
Berryville Books
Bio:
Mac Gardner, a Certified Financial Planner practitioner, has served in the financial services industry for more than 20 years. Mac is the author of “Motivate Your Money!” and "The Four Money Bears" which teaches children about the four basic functions of money.
Mac also serves as Founder and Chief Education Officer of FinLit Tech. The company's mission is "Building a Bridge Between Financial Literacy and Financial Technology". FinLit Tech develops Financial Education tools to start the personal finance education journey from as early as elementary school. Mac's passion to bring more young people into the Financial Services industry led him to create the first co-ed Professional Fraternity for Financial Planning degree seeking students. Mu Nu Upsilon (MNY) Fraternity, helps to bring high achieving students together with industry professionals to help them along their financial career journey.
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The Get Ready Money Podcast and its guests do not provide investment advice. All content is for educational purposes. Guest opinions do not necessarily reflect the opinions of The Get Ready Money Podcast and Tony Steuer.
