Ben Franklin helped to stop counterfeiters. In the 1700s, it was pretty easy to print money that looked real. But it was Ben Franklin who finally hit on a good idea in 1739. He cast real leaves in the lead and called it the "nature print." He kept the process so secret that no one figured out how he did it until the 1960s. ~The U.S. Mint
Children's spending has roughly doubled every ten years for the past three decades, and tripled in the 1990s.
~National Foundation for Credit Counseling
More than 1 in 5 youths ages 12 to 19 have their own credit cards or have access to parents' credit cards, and 14% have debit cards.
~Teenage Research Unlimited
