@denmarkguy,
In my point of view,your father did reach you right.
Learning to invest from that age is simply nice. However, I never grew up with my dad but my mom taught me how to save and self discipline, she did not know about the stock exchange because I know if she did, I would have learnt from her.
Besides it's hard to save these days because expenses or problems come up everyday.
It's almost as if your pockets were leaking. Regardless we move.
The will to get better is stronger.
That's why I love to associate with the older ones because they have had the experience of life