I get the best results when I don’t lecture the kids and just approach it like you’re shooting the breeze with an old friend. Especially if the kids are young enough that they’re still putting their coins and dollar bills into a piggy bank.

Some angles that have worked for me, in terms of making them curious and starting to ask questions.

“man I wish I had all those paper dollar bills lying around in my piggy bank, then I could go and sell them for some bitcoin” — makes them wonder: “wait, what do you mean ‘sell’ my dollars, I thought spending ‘money’ means you’re ‘buying’ something or ‘being sold to’ …?” Also “what’s bitcoin and why do you want it so bad…?”

“it’s weird how that penny right there is made out of a metal that’s actually worth 2 or 3 pennies. Can you believe we’re not allowed to melt it down??? And if you get caught the government makes you give them 10,000 of those paper dollars...!!” — “wait that doesn’t make any sense, and what’s ‘the government’ …??”

It’s actually pretty fun the more I think about it. Great thread @monotone , thank you for posting