Lessons in finances

My youngest daughter's boyfriend recently entered the working world and bought his first car. He's had some quick lessons on financial survival, after getting his first check, thinking it was a large sum of money then watching how much of his check has to go to bills. He's also learned how to search for a cheap auto insurance quote or two since some of the initial quotes he got for car insurance were ridiculously high. It's a given a first time driver is going to pay more but some of the plans were more than our monthly rent payment...