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Five-year-olds are to be given compulsory lessons on how to manage their finances as adults, reported the Observer.

Government plans from 2011 would see children learn how to save money ina piggy bank, how to budget and about current and savings accounts.

Expectant mothers in St Petersburg, Russia, are signing up for antenatalart classes in museums that are purported to make their unborn babiesmore intelligent, said Sky News. Women are being told that learning howto appreciate art will widen their children's understanding of theworld.

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