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YES....you totally get it!flyboy55 wrote:This is just plain WRONG!
One of the joys of playing with paper money is being able to 'throw' the last of your cash at your teen-aged daughter as she gleefully collects the rent for a well-developed Park Place (coupla hotels) thereby bankrupting you and eliminating you from the game after all you've done for her.
I couldn't go down swingin with nearly as much panache if she simply cleaned out my electronic bank account and cut up my debit card.
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Could you call that Tropopoly and put it in the category with the Simpsons versions of Rastamonopoly and Edna Krabopoly?Dezdmona wrote:You mean you haven't heard of Tropical Monopoly?
No Shoe or Thimble, but Flip Flop, Sailboat, & Parrot.
New developments to build on properties – casinos, restaurants, parks and piers or build beach houses and resorts.
My daughter has a friend that has a credit card. It's used like a debit card with $100 loaded into it each month by her parents. She's 16 1/2. It has worked well for them. That's her spending money for movies, friends birthday presents, outings with friends and a million little things. She has actually managed to save money on the account and got a new cell phone.Dezdmona wrote:Actually, I'm sure that one of the reasons for this "game" is the escalating rate of consumer debt in this country.
I recently read an article that gave the results of a recent poll on Teens and Personal Finance by Junior Achievement Worldwide:
The poll found that teens wield powerful spending tools, namely credit cards, in increasing percentages as they get older.
Among teens ages 13-14, 2.7 percent report having credit cards.
However, that percentage nearly doubles to 5.3 percent for teens 15-16, doubles again to 10.6 percent for 17-year-olds, and then nearly triples to 28.8 percent for teens 18 or older.
Experts say the average college freshman has more than $1,500 in credit card debt, which will more than double upon graduation.
The Junior Achievement/Allstate poll found that 2.4 percent of teens surveyed admitted occasionally skipping credit card payments. Just over 15 percent make the minimum monthly payment, and some teens make no contribution whatsoever to their credit card debt, with 11.2 percent acknowledging that their parents make their monthly payments.
http://www.ja.org/about/about_newsitem.asp?StoryID=421
COOL! I could actually get into that version of Monopoly!Dezdmona wrote:You mean you haven't heard of Tropical Monopoly?
No Shoe or Thimble, but Flip Flop, Sailboat, & Parrot.
New developments to build on properties – casinos, restaurants, parks and piers or build beach houses and resorts.
I concur, as someone in the loan business, I am constantly amazed by what I see. Maybe the exception to the rule, is a preloaded card for essentials for college kids away from home. Credit for kids in general shouldn't be granted, it sets bad habits in motion.phjrsaunt wrote:don't EVEN get me started on that one!Dezdmona wrote:A lot of parents can't manage their own credit...maybe they can learn something from this game, too.phjrsaunt wrote:"teach your children good credit habits"
