Money and getting rich

Money and getting rich are the priorities for today's under-tens, a nationwide survey has found. An online questionnaire carried out in co-operation with schools by Luton First, a promotional consortium that sponsors National Kids' Day, also found that children's perceptions of wealth vary greatly, with some believing that £460 would make them rich and others quoting figures of up to £200m. In the 2,500 responses to the survey, fame, football, pop music and animals came after money as children's other priorities. But drunk people and smoking were cited as the two 'worst things in the world', followed by litter and...