Quote Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish View Post
Yet it's not the responsibility of Martin Lewis or the Government to explain how to prepare for the financial decisions of life, is it. When I was young you had a telephone directory and the tel. number of a Bank or a Building Society - you had to find out for yourself or ask a parent....
The problem is today a bank tries to sell you products rather than give you financial advice, and with regards to asking a parent, then you end up stuck at the level your parents intelligence ends.

Personally i think school is a good place to teach people personal skills, and a basic understanding of personal finance would not be a bad skill to come out of school with. There are many a person from my generation struggling with mistakes they made with credit when they were young, and it affects them greatly when they then try to settle down.