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8 TIPS ON TEACHING YOUR CHILD TO SPEND WISELY

1. A regular allowance, no matter how small, helps give a child a sense of independence and responsibility. He learns how money can be used to buy things he needs or wants.

2. Unless the child has chance to spend his money himself, in any way he wants, he will not have the real learning experience, so don't tell him how to spend his money or to scold him when you find out he has spent if foolishly.

3. Do not give him more money when he runs short of it so that he will learn to limit his expenditures or to make choices. If he needs to have money badly, give him some but consider it an advance to be deducted from his next allowance.

4. Your child's allowance should be enough o cover all his needs, plus a little extra for emergency use or savings. Until he learns how to make both ends meet or to make it last till the next allowance, it is better to give the money on daily basis. Most mothers give children a daily allowance while they are in the grades, a weekly allowance when they reach high school. And depends on child's ability to manage his money.

5. Don't use money emotionally; that is, giving money as a reward for good behavior or withdrawing or reducing his allowance as punishment for misconduct. An allowance is given because it is need, not according to parental whims.

6. Do not allow your child to get caught up in "keeping with the Joneses" pattern at his impressionistic age. When he complains that his classmates of friends have bigger allowances or more money to spend, the best answer or explanation you can give is because his friend's parents are richer or more indulgent.

7. Encourage your children to earn. The money a child earns on his own money he value most. Earning does not mean asking for payment for doing household chores they should perform in their contribution for keeping the house clean and tidy and in good shape. However, parents should pay their children for doing task or jobs that they pay outsiders to do. especially when these jobs require extra effort of inference with the children's normal activities.

8. Get children to share in money decisions When something expensive is to be bought, consult the children, discussing with them the pros and cons of such a purchase. when a money problem arises in the family, let the children offer suggestions for solving it.

No child is too young to be hold by his parents why they cannot give him the money he asks for or why they cannot or should not buy the expensive toy he wants just because one of his playmates has one and is showing it off.

But the most important factor in the training of a child in the management of money is the example set by his parents, their attitude towards money shown in various ways in their daily life.

Source:
BOOKS OF TIPS by: MR. JULIO F. SILVERIO