1.14Raising money smart kids💰

Learning a foreign language at four takes a lot less effort than learning one at forty. One, put your kids to work. It’s very important that your kids understand that money comes from work, not from mom and dad’s wallet. When children work for things they want to buy, the purchase feels like an accomplishment, not an entitlement. Lesson Number Two – let your kids make mistakes with their money. They’ll waste money on stuff that a week later they wish they had never bought. And as their parents, there are times you need to let them make that mistake and suffer the consequences. That’s how they learn. Lesson Number Three – teach your kids to make saving a habit. Saving money is a discipline. Teach your children that saving is one of the first things you do when you get paid, not what you do with money you have left over. So start today. Help your kids become fluent in the language of money and how to handle it. Because if you don’t, well, all I can say is get the basement ready. 四岁学习外语会比40岁学外语更轻松。第一堂课，让你的孩子工作。让孩子明白金钱来源于工作，而非父母的钱包，这一点很重要。当孩子为了他们想要的东西而工作时，购买会感觉像是一种成就，而不是一种理所当然。 第二堂课，让你孩子用他们的钱犯错。他们会把钱花在买了一周后就后悔的东西上。作为他们的父母，有时候你需要让他们犯这种错误并承担后果。这是他们学习的方式。 第三堂课，教你的孩子养成存钱的习惯。存钱是一种自律。教你孩子“存钱是你获得报酬后要做的第一件事，而不是处置剩下的钱的方式。”所以从今天开始，帮助你的孩子熟悉掌握金钱概念以及如何处理金钱。因为如果你不这样做…那么我只能说准备好地下室吧。