Saturday, October 23, 2010

Teach your children to be money smart



Have you ever thought of growing your children with some money saving tips that can make them money smart! If not, you should give it a try with the following tips, those can bring some financial literacy for them -

  • If you are familiar with saving money in an organized way, you should also teach your children to build up this idea in the same manner
  • They should have basic knowledge of loans and credit
  • They should know what is the difference between "need" and "want"
  • You should discuss with them about how magical compound interest is. This way they can appreciate it much
  • Also you can focus on value of work which can yield money for them
  • Offer them some pocket money so that they can grow habit of spending and also build the spending plan of their own

If they can adapt even some of the above steps you might be on the way of bringing up very well-equipped and financially prudent children