A 'my job/your job approach acknowledges money realities, but keeps your child on-task and feeling safe – which, as a good parent, matters deeply to you.' (OPINION)
You picked up your own feelings about money from the adults around you when you were a kid. Now, your children are taking their financial cues from you: watching your body language as you pay the bills, gauging your reaction when they ask for that shiny new toy, soaking up the words you use to describe what and how you’re earning and spending.
Start with the end-state in mind. Imagine your kids as adults, or even as working parents themselves. How do you want them to think about and relate to money at that point in their lives? So give them some real-world, real-time practice. Next time you’re at the supermarket, for example, ask your child to read out the price of every item that goes into the basket, or encourage your third-grader to count up the jar of change you’ve accumulated on your nightstand . In other words, create opportunities for them to touch, feel, see and understand money in a kid-appropriate way.
Good questions, and ones you can answer best and most effectively by explaining your money whys. A calm “I’m in meetings today because it’s part of my job, which I do to earn money to take care of you and Mommy and baby Oliver” beats snapping “because I have to!” or apologizing.
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