When I was growing up it was considered impolite to talk about money, so we didn't. And because I'm a girl, the assumption was that I didn't need to know about money because my husband would take care of it. School didn't offer any financial education either, other than learning basic math. I remember when I was about 11 or 12, Mom taking me to open a bank account and then showing me how to use my little bank book and later, how to write a cheque. But other than that, my … [Read more...]