Re:How Do You Teach Kids the Value of Money? (2006)
by Dewie on Thursday January 16, 2014 @09:43AM
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> It's like most things in life, you can tell them "it's hard to [earn/do/learn] X," but the actual exposure to X develops a different level of appreciation.
How about just making/letting kids work, and not make such a big deal out of how hard it might be? (work in general; some people think that 'kids should be kids', but I'm not so sure that is optimum. Maybe it would be great if no adult had to work, either, but that is impractical.) No wonder how many people have such a hate-relationship to work when we try to shield children from work\* all the while complaining about work ourselves.
People say that you should do work that you like, work that gives you a purpose etc. But who can blame them for having a hard time with that when all they've heard growing up is how miserable work (in the general sense) is?
I don't know psychology, so this is just a theory I have.
Re:How Do You Teach Kids the Value of Money? (2006)
by yogo on Thursday January 16, 2014 @11:09AM
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I agree. You don't have to mention how hard it is, but through the exposure they will naturally realize that it isn't easy and will give rise to a sense of hard earned money.
How about just making/letting kids work, and not make such a big deal out of how hard it might be? (work in general; some people think that 'kids should be kids', but I'm not so sure that is optimum. Maybe it would be great if no adult had to work, either, but that is impractical.) No wonder how many people have such a hate-relationship to work when we try to shield children from work\* all the while complaining about work ourselves.
People say that you should do work that you like, work that gives you a purpose etc. But who can blame them for having a hard time with that when all they've heard growing up is how miserable work (in the general sense) is?
I don't know psychology, so this is just a theory I have.
*\ I'm not a proponent of child labour