For those who are the pioneers, our parents never taught us about money management or the need to save. We grew up mostly being poor and learn about thriftiness as we grew up, and money management just became a habit. I laugh at all the talk about educating children now about money management when the whole world is all built on consumption, debts and more debts.
Another even funnier anecdote that I want to share was one neighbor telling us that we have to send our kids to Childcare facilities for them to learn how to eat properly, bathe, make friends and be independent. My children never had the opportunity, or should I say the need of being under childcare, but they are still able to learn how to eat, made many friends and are perfectly independent. The whole idea of that neighbor was probably painting a situation of need into hyping up the advantage of putting children under Childcare facilities. Which became a blessing in disguise for Childcare facility owners laughing all the way to the bank and the Government wanting more women to join the workforce.
They say, all florists claim their flowers are the most fragrant smelling. All fruit sellers claim their oranges are the sweetest. It is sometimes pretty silly for a customer to ask the fruit seller whether his oranges are sweet. He is not going to tell you the truth that they are not sweet. Would you buy them?
Anyway, this is just my experience in raising children.
Anonymous
PS. In our growing up years, we used to save 10c and 20c at a time. Today, the young are borrowing by the hundreds of thousands, some millions, to buy a roof over their heads. Is that frightening?
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