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Teaching a Teenager the Difference Between Price and Value
Teaching a teenager the difference between price and value: $200 boots cost $50/year, $40 boots cost $80/year. See the cost-per-use framework and Roth IRA math.
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Teaching a teenager the difference between price and value: $200 boots cost $50/year, $40 boots cost $80/year. See the cost-per-use framework and Roth IRA math.

Turning 18 in 2026? Gen Z's average FICO score is 676, the lowest of any generation. Here is the complete financial checklist: build credit, open a Roth IRA, start budgeting, and set up the financial habits that compound for the next 47 years.