From a very young age, we understand that money is needed to fulfill all our desires. And, of course, this is not genetically inherent in us, life teaches us this. After all, more than once in family conversations, kids hear about money, when they go to the store with their mother, they also notice that products are not taken just like that, mom pays for them.
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Every time we indulge a child in his request to "buy", we ourselves teach him that money buys a lot, including your love for him. It is very difficult to choose the right tactics - by separating a child from everything related to money, you can raise a dependent who will never understand the economic problems in the family. At the same time, by exaggerating the importance of money, it is possible to cultivate in a child a sense of envy and greed. So try to tell your child from early childhood what is always bought first (food, clothes, shoes), and voice the cost of these products.
Also try to make the child contribute to the improvement of family well-being. And it is not at all necessary that he works somewhere or moonlights, it can be help with cleaning or on the site, going to the store, etc. Try to praise and thank the child, so you will show that his help is really very important to you. If there are any temporary material problems in the family, the child should also know about them. Tell children from infancy what you do at work – whether it's promoting websites or working in the archive, it's interesting for kids, it's no secret that many children inherit their parents' hobbies.
Many people believe that children do not need to be taught to calculate everything to the smallest detail, because they are already calculating in many ways.
But, rest assured, this prudence concerns only the satisfaction of their personal desires. If the parents' work is connected with computers and the Internet, it will be nice to gradually introduce the child to the possibilities of the network – who knows, maybe, having mastered at the age of 10 what advertising on Google adwords is, at 18 a son or daughter will have ambitious plans for working in this company.
Teach the child that the money earned by someone from the family is spent on all members of this family. Praise the children for the first, even insignificant, earned money, tell him what they will be spent on. Well, if this is a relatively large sum, then think together about what to spend it on. Do not try to put all this amount into the family budget, even if it is completely empty, let the child enjoy the money earned.
Teach children from childhood to properly manage money so that they can live easier in adulthood.