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Dollars and sense: Sending kids for money management classes instead of art or dance

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Ms Stella Hoh and Mr Daniel Ku (both far left and right) with their children Yu Heng (in white) Ee Waynne (in black) playing a financial education board game, Wealth and Joy Simulation, that the family uses to make learning about financial literacy fun.

Ms Stella Hoh and Mr Daniel Ku with their children Yu Heng (in white) and Ee Waynne playing a financial education board game.

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SINGAPORE – Instead of sending her children for art or dance lessons when they were young, mum-of-three Stella Hoh sent them for classes to learn financial skills like money management and budgeting.

Her youngest son, Ku Yu Heng, now 16, was just 10 when he attended his first lesson.

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