Ever since I became a father, I’ve been living in anticipation of certain questions that my children will, no doubt, ask one day.

For so many of these topics, I feel pretty confident that I can navigate the sometimes slippery slopes. Want to know about sex? No problem. The origin of the universe? I can talk. The sources of evil in the world? Well, it’s slippery, but I’m still willing to give it a go. As I am with the topics of the gap between rich and poor, the origin and structure of our government and social systems, the need to treat your neighbor with kindness and respect and even the importance of hard work as its own end. Heck, I’ll even delve into the mysteries of the human heart (if my children are still listening to me when these questions arise in adolescence). But there is one area that I am uniquely and horribly unqualified to talk about. And that is the subject of money.