A university professor says it's important for children to learn about money and finances as early as possible to help them later in life."A blue one," said the six-year-old from Tanunda, in South Australia's Barossa region.A few months ago, his parents, Luke and Sam Varcin, told him they wouldn't be able to fund it.
Charlie Varcin sells his homemade lemonade at a stand at the end of his street with the help of his parents.Mr Varcin said the community's reaction to Charlie's efforts had been "overwhelming really, and quite humbling". "Horses do have a lot to get out of their system, so I decided to start bagging some poo to get some money to go to a horse expo," Teal said.
"And it definitely makes her stop and think twice about if it is something that she wants and if it's really worth the effort she had to put in to raise the money.""When you go through schooling, most of the time now your maths is about algebra and things perhaps you're not going to use again," she said.