“So like, before, I would just spend, spend, spend, but now I can spend, then save. I don’t have to keep spending, spending, spending. I can just do the smart thing instead of doing what I wanted to. This is not just a handout, this is a tool for us to use for the future, basically. Like, me being better with money now, when I’ve just turned 18 and just, this is really the perfect time for it. I’m getting 50 a week. I can start doing something with that. I can start investing and I can save it. I can do a lot of things than just spend it. So I think it’s teaching us how to do more with money.”

“So, at first, I’m not going to lie, I spent most of it really fast. Like every $50, I’d spend it mostly on food. I started to realize I have a bad fast food habit. But now I’m actually saving my “50s” because I want to be able to buy a car and I can’t do that if all my money’s going to fast food.”

“The study has definitely taught me that things are expensive, my goodness, things are expensive and it goes so quick, it goes so quick. It’s definitely taught me to think about it, budget it, separate needs and wants.”