Entertaining Web site teaches useful money skills

Schools do an inadequate job of teaching basic money skills, and that has forced many financial firms to develop outstanding teaching tools.

One of the best sites on the Internet for this kind of learning is http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com. The site has information for consumers, teachers, parents and kids. The "Countdown to Retirement" feature is particularly fun for young adults to use with their parents, and it can walk you through a lifetime’s worth of major purchases and financial planning.

The site includes one of the Web’s better online budgeting tools, a "save a million calculator," and does a good job of covering the basics without getting stuffy and boring.

Syndicated columnist Chuck Jaffe produces Financial Housekeeping.

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