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by chank 697 days ago
Technically, it's both. Parents don't teach their kids because they didn't/don't really know. Financial literacy isn't in the curiculum at all pre-college level. Even then it's not a "core" competency in any degree that isn't finance related. Even just ~10-15 years ago I wouldn't say the topic itself had as wide of discussion as it does today.