Teaching children financial skills at a very young ageVietNamNet Bridge - Today, parents believe children need to learn about the value of money and how to spend it. After a period of playing with copied banknotes, children get familiar with money,” she said. Nguyen Trong Hung, chair of HOS Preschool in Hanoi, also said his children learned about the value of money at the age of five. But I think this is a necessary life skill in modern times,” he said, adding that life skills a vital part of education. Today, parents believe children need to learn about the value of money and how to spend it.