Teaching Kids About Money

| Sunday, January 8, 2012
By Cedie Attero


Teaching kids to save money is a very essential thing to do and starting up early is the key to developing long term personal savings habits and cash management techniques that will provide them with a sense of accomplishment as well as security in their everyday life. This is one thing that I hoped my own parents tried, simply because even when I am an adult, I am still having hard time saving money.

I believe that can be due to not learning in early stages, the importance of learning to save. There are lots of strategies to teaching kids saving money for those specific purchases and also goals they could have when they mature. Whether it's saving for a special toy or game, or something even larger, like a trip or a car or exclusive pursuits they may wish to take part in, if one makes it a top priority now to teach the significance of money management for children, they may begin to see the results of their own diligence when they go to buy that product they are after.

It will also make them learn that money actually does not grow on trees outside. (Trust me, I've looked for those trees and they're not there!) There are a number of ways kids could make money for personal savings targets. Your task as being the parent is to guide them but not do it for them.

If they've got their own ideas, GREAT! Become the advisor and listen to their ideas and also guide them in the enactment of their undertakings. Earning money on their own through undertaking different things is one of the best ways for teaching kids about money, simply because they find out how hard they should work for from their dollars.

Giving them money every time they wish sometimes transmits the wrong concept and it can actually cause many difficulties at a later time as they age and desire important things.

Accomplishing unusual work around people's yards is a great means for the younger kids to earn money. Depending on their age, they can sweep walkways, rake leaves, pull weeds, shovel snow, so when they become adult, mow as well as trim hedges. This could be hard work physically, but many children are excellent with this type of job and also it's a service that lots of people will spend on. I would certainly advise this for ages 12 or over because of the physical facets of this task.




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