Kids and investing: ways to help them learn how to save for the future Kids and investing: ways to help them learn how to save for the future By Rachel DePompa | May 17, 2021 at 7:01 AM EDT - Updated May 17 at 8:26 AM RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - If you are new to investing and watching the stock market or your kids are, thereâs one big thing to remember. The stock market is not a game. Michael Joyce with the Richmond Financial firm Agili says you can lose a lot of money getting caught up in the hype. He says thereâs a difference between investing and speculation or gambling. Itâs not a get-rich-quick scheme.