Should Children Learn Civics and Economics?

Most curricula and schools have failed to instill these time-tested values into the rising generation.

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Imagine being a parent who is unwilling or unable to have the sensitive “birds and bees” conversation with your child—an important topic to be treated in a delicate manner. We as parents want to frame this discussion appropriately and respectfully. Could you imagine abdicating this role and relying on others to fill this void for you?

Before our children are inundated with conflicting values and controversial ideas in their social circles and online, we want to equip them with the right information. It’s a dangerous world, after all.