Teach Your Kids About Money
- Give Kids a glass Jar: If it is a normal jar they will not notice daily growth of money. Through glass jar he can see how much is filled how much is left. So he/she start saving more.
- Open Bank Account: Give the responsibility of maintaining bank account. Open a bank account on children name and teach them savings and how interest grows month by month.
- Teach Compound Interest: Teach about how power of compounding works. Added to that; Show how much savings/investments you doing for their education. (Your Bank Account; Mutual Fund DMAT Accounts..etc), They will understand your hardwork behind it.
- Teach Bargaining: when you go out for vegetables or when you go for shopping show how bargaining works. Negotiation is one of the important skill.
- Teach Book Reading: Make it a habit to read books related to money & personality development. Books show another dimension of life.
- Pocket Money Practice: Give the same amount (Ex: Rs.1000, Rs.2000) as a monthly pocket money and ask how much they saving each month.
- Spending Money from Pocket Money: Whenever you need to buy something for kids, Instead of you spending it from your pocket; Ask them to give money from their pocket. They will experience the pain of losing money.
- Teach Controlling Self: When its a need to buy two things( Ex: New dress and New shoes) buy one now and ask them to wait for a month for second one. They learn controlling self.
- Dont Give Free: Instead of giving pocket money for free; Give it as like commissions. For getting good marks this much amount, For cleaning own room this much amount…etc.
- Stress Importance of giving: In general if we go to temple, We ask kids to donate money. Parallel to that explain why the beggars are in that condition. How to help them more..etc.