Comments on: Activity #195: Teach your preschooler about money

By: RookieMom Heather

RookieMom Heather — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:47:01 +0000

@Jenn, I worry about kids not learning these lessons so best to sneak them in while they’re young.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 23:43:48 +0000

I also think teaching kids about money is very important. I find that when kids earn money to buy their own toys they take care of them better and value them. It’s an important lesson that is best learned when young.

By: Dr Mary Starr Carter

Dr Mary Starr Carter — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:28:33 +0000

As a mom of a 2 year old I am already thinking about how to Groom my son for success. Thanks for the great tip!

By: LauraC

LauraC — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 01:13:03 +0000

Love this post and that website is great!
We have done allowance with our boys since they were 4 and it has been one of the best teaching tools. It is not based on chores – we look at it as practice money.

The best part? It completely stops the “I wants” at the store.

By: RookieMom Heather

RookieMom Heather — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:41:12 +0000

Hi Tobasco, I heard half of that discussion about bribing kids and that boys tend to be more bribable than girls. Fascinating.

By: Tobasco

Tobasco — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:38:17 +0000

I recently read a book called ‘the entitlement trap’. They had some interesting ideas including having your children completely manage all their money, even clothing purchases. They also had lots of ideas on building a feeling of belonging to a family but a lot of those were too involved for me.

Yesterday on NPR they were discussing paying your children for good grades in school. The results were really interesting to me.