The thing I dislike most about this is the idea that it encourages kids to spend beyond their means at a young age. I have no problem letting my kids spend their money on things that they want, virtual or not, but I like them to manage their money so that they stay within their means. The whole buy-now-pay-later mentality that has come from the easy access to credit cards is a huge part of the problem with our current economic system.
Yes. Exactly!
Plenty of games have pre-paid cards. They're fine because they give kids a set amount they can spend. But kwedit encourages terrible learned behavior. The type of behavior which credit card companies got severely dinged for on college campuses.
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