The developmental tasks of a 5-8 year-old are really important, their early building stage and this is the time when you set the first values, you begin the first language and you have to defend against how cute and adorable that 5-8 year old child is, cause they gonna bully and manipulate you financially, just because they can. So, for example, what we know is 5-8 year old children, you know, heck, 3-10 year old children all really have invisible allowances. So, for example, if you buy Legos pieces every time you go out or if you're getting ready for a trip and you want to entertain them, you buy another set of Legos for them. In a way, that's part of an invisible allowance. One of the things you can do that begins to build early awareness is say to the child: "You know, we've got x numbers of dollars this month to spend on Legos, so let's make sure that we spend that money thoughtfully, when and where we want to". It's that way you begin to teach the value of money at a very early age, just by making them connect to something that has meaning to them, Legos, and giving them some boundaries for how much money is to spend. It does often sound pretty radical to families to say: "I'm going to give my kid $200 a month to spend on Legos", but the fact is, you're already doing that, and whether it's Legos or Happy Meals or polka dot dresses, whatever it is, use the child's interest to set a budget for whatever it is they are going to be purchasing. Now, if, at the end of the $200 they still want another $200 of Legos, you've got room now to say: "You know, we agreed, $200 is our budget for Legos this month." And what you've begun to do, is give the language of money, the word budget is there and you're making it clear what the limits are for what's available in the family for that particular want.