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My three children all have completely different attitudes to money despite being very close in age and being raised together. Two spend freely now they earn the
by kerrsclyde 4y ago
My three children all have completely different attitudes to money despite being very close in age and being raised together. Two spend freely now they earn their own money, my middle daughter saves almost all she earns and knows the price of everything.
- BLKNSLVR 4y agoI have a feeling that the friends your children make have an underestimated influence on their behaviours, and what they consider worthwhile to spend time and money on, from their mid-teens until they work out their own life plan (which is sometimes never). The lessons parents can teach them about life only seem to be learnt if they're relatively immediately applicable. I didn't care about 'saving' until well after I realised I was earning enough to be worth saving - in my early 20's. Prior to that, I never had any money worthy of 'considering my future' beyond a new skateboard deck or fashionable pair of shoes so, you know, take your advice about saving for the future and stick it because it doesn't apply here.