Comments on: Can You Teach Kids To See Opportunity? http://homeschoolent.com/2009/03/can-you-teach-kids-to-see-opportunity/ -learning and earning as a family Wed, 16 May 2012 16:38:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Teach Children to Save Money http://homeschoolent.com/2009/03/can-you-teach-kids-to-see-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-2944 Teach Children to Save Money Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:03:15 +0000 http://homeschoolent.com/?p=64#comment-2944 I love this post, it brings up a good point: spotting and identifying "opportunity" is difficult for the best of us, let alone children. I think it's a skill you pickup as you go along, so the earlier you start, the better chance you give them! As a single parent that was *less* than good with money throughout my youth, teaching children about money is CRUCIAL, in my mind. I’m not going to blame parents, schools, etc, but quite simply, I clearly “didn’t get it”, and I am still paying for those mistakes a decade later! And quite frankly, I hate the position I got myself in, everytime I pay off my past debts… I could have used my time/money sooooo much better. A program was suggested to me by a friend, that teaches kids to be responsible with money, and puts them in control of their money. It’s a fun, interactive booklet + personal website that makes tracking their money fun – more importantly, the tugs on the pantleg going through the grocery checkout and the tantrums have all but disappeared! I guess that’s a little self centered of me… but any parent knows those situations all to well. I love this post, it brings up a good point: spotting and identifying “opportunity” is difficult for the best of us, let alone children. I think it’s a skill you pickup as you go along, so the earlier you start, the better chance you give them!

As a single parent that was *less* than good with money throughout my youth, teaching children about money is CRUCIAL, in my mind. I’m not going to blame parents, schools, etc, but quite simply, I clearly “didn’t get it”, and I am still paying for those mistakes a decade later! And quite frankly, I hate the position I got myself in, everytime I pay off my past debts… I could have used my time/money sooooo much better.

A program was suggested to me by a friend, that teaches kids to be responsible with money, and puts them in control of their money. It’s a fun, interactive booklet + personal website that makes tracking their money fun – more importantly, the tugs on the pantleg going through the grocery checkout and the tantrums have all but disappeared! I guess that’s a little self centered of me… but any parent knows those situations all to well.

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