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Another aspect: if the kids ask what things cost, answer (truthfully). Depending on your culture, it might be weird /unusual/inappropriate to talk about how mu
by perlgeek 5y ago
Another aspect: if the kids ask what things cost, answer (truthfully).
Depending on your culture, it might be weird /unusual/inappropriate to talk about how much rent you pay, how high that restaurant bill was, what you pay for a new car etc.
But if the kids are supposed to learn the value of things and of money, don't dodge those questions.
- dr_orpheus 5y agoOne of the recommendations I have seen for this as well is basically walking through a monthly budget using Monopoly money. Start with a pile of Monopoly cash that is your gross monthly paycheck and start putting away money in piles for taxes, rent/mortgage, food, insurance, savings, etc. I think it helps conceptualize some of the relative values of things and the spending/saving they can't physically see.
- jimmyvalmer 5y agoI like the idea of being forthright about the number values, but kids blab.
- InitialLastName 5y agoMaybe we would live in a better-adjusted world if everyone were a bit more open about money and spending? Instead of just using consumption to signal it?
- vmception 5y agothe one where you get a target on your back as soon as you get ahead? resentment because you ignore the handouts or that no handout amount is satisfactory? Nah, pass.
- InitialLastName 5y agoPeople keep bringing this up, but this is FUD. Lots of places have public tax records and cultures of relative openness with respect to money and income, and as far as I can tell they appear to have less class strife than the US does.
- vmception 5y agoFor reference, FUD stands for “fear, uncertainty and doubt” not “this is an invalid perception because I said so”
- InitialLastName 5y agoYes, I'm saying that you are spreading baseless fear rather than raising a concern that is validated by experience or data.
- vmception 5y agoTo be clear, your goalpost is for me to provide citations of neighbors and relatives coveting each other's stuff? Nobody is debating the "class strife", they're acknowledging an individual's security for having different amounts than others. I'm guessing that is one and the same to you?
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 5y agoI'd vote for this. My mother tried to protect me from all this, made me "spoiled" for quite a while from some perspective (e. g. Holidays), but entire "cheap" on others. In the end though, not seeing the cost of things was the root cause.