Postcards: My Daughter Understands Inflation Better than Elizabeth Warren

$9 CORN? Are you kidding me?

Dear Fellow Expat:

Who's ready for war?

Inflation hit the Baldwin household hard this time.

This week, my daughter received a “KiwiCo” box, a monthly subscription service that teaches children scientific- and nature-based lessons.

In previous months, we made cars and learned about tire treads. In other months, we’ve made volcanoes from baking soda, food coloring, and vinegar.

My daughter loves these kits. I don’t even look at the subscription cost.

Whenever they arrive in the mail, she begs me to stop everything I’m doing: "It’s time to do the Kellen Box.”

One recent KiwiCo box’s “academic subject” was right in my wheelhouse.

We would create a fruit and vegetable stand.

The KiwiCo box had a kit to make stuffed carrots (two of each), peas (3x), corn (2x), and tomatoes (2x).

Each fruit and vegetable group came with a basket and a small chalkboard.

She could write the name of the food on the chalkboard and set a price for a “play grocery store.”

And what an economics lesson we learned on inflation...