Source: Sonja Ryst, Washington Post ( Free Registration )

Some families watch TV after dinner. Others review white papers on economics.

Taking the idea of talking to the children about finances to unusual lengths, John and Heather Scanlon have rolled out papers such as “A Primer on the $1.4 Trillion Federal Budget Deficit” and “High Unemployment: The Recession’s Harshest Reality.”

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