I didn't use the term "unusual" to describe your child. I used it to describe his/her behavior... there's a big difference. I wouldn't say your child is unusua

I didn't use the term "unusual" to describe your child. I used it to describe his/her behavior... there's a big difference. I wouldn't say your child is unusual (I don't know him/her), but an obsession with money in a 7 year old is definitely unusual, ask any child psychologist (like my wife). 7 year olds live in a world where money is of little importance, they cannot play with it (much), they don't have any of it (to speak of) and they don't need any of it, because they have love and friends which are much more important to them. The idea of a 7 year old scheming a way to game a lemonade stand to maximize monetary gain seems grotesque. A lemonade stand is a social activity, not a start-up opportunity. I personally believe that money and its trappings of consumerism are like TV, they should be limited in children. I don't let my child watch much TV and I discourage her from finding money, or the collection of new shiny things interesting. There are, after all, a lot more useful and interesting things in this world that acquiring money. That is a value that I try to teach my child. Your child, your values... I'm not trying to tell you how to parent. I was simply correcting the mediaman from jumping into something he clearly knows nothing about and gobbing off rules like he's some kind of school yard bully.