It’s a fun and spooky time, but it can also be pretty instructive. Here’s a few financial facts kids can learn from Halloween
🎃 Some people think Halloween teaches kids more about money than Christmas
It would take a lot to knock Christmas off the number one spot, but some economic commentators believe the 31st of October is more instructive than the 25th of December. The American economic commentator Jeffrey A. Tucker wrote that kids have to work hard for their candy at Halloween, by creating scary costumes and calling on their neighbours, whereas at Christmas children just have to be good little boys and girls to receive gifts. This means Halloween is more instructive, according to Tucker. He also pointed out that plenty of children swap their trick-or-treat sweets, where they also learn a bit about free-market economics.