We have talked on other occasions about how to teach children to know the money's value. Both methods for them to learn to handle it, and for them to be aware of the value it has. Tips for them to understand well that money does not grow on trees and that you have to try not to waste it.
Today we want you to understand the value these teachings have for your children. Not only are they going to influence you in terms of the economy, it is something deeper than that. We will be educating you in the value that every goal requires effort and the satisfaction that comes from achieving your own objectives.
Money and material as a goal for improvement
Today we find ourselves in a society in which a child of 11 years old, or even younger, can have a smartphone or a tablet without difficulty. This is even considered normal, many parents who do not consider it suitable for their education end up giving in. All because they worry about the possibility that their children will be considered less than others.
It's a huge mistake compare your children's education and your performances as a parent with the rest of the parents and children of others. This way you will only get that with the example you are giving them, they understand that they have to be in continuous competition with others. It not only helps in their development, as it can cause anxiety problems when their goals are not achievable. Which translates into a lower tolerance for frustration.
It should be fun for him to push himself and achieve the goal on his own, just like climbing.
It is really important for your child to educate him to be in continuous competition, but with himself. This is reinforcing your own desire to improve yourself. In this way we get material things and money to take a back seat. Let the satisfaction of achieving the goal by your own means be the real prize. As soon as you feel the enjoyment of that sensation, we will know that we are managing to educate you to always improve yourself.
Handle goods as responsibility and the virtue of patience
Once your child has achieved his goal, he will value it more, since it was an effort. From now on that money or that object of your desires, becomes completely yours, because you have earned it. This will mean that you will take more responsibility for it. Because you really know how much it cost you to get it and that if you lose it, you will have to start over from scratch. A child who has not made an effort will not keep money or objects obtained with the same care.
Therein lies the importance of educating children in the effort to achieve the objectives. However, we must insist that from now on they are responsible for what they get. You have to guide them when it comes to managing savings.
Children do not think long term, but seek immediate satisfaction. It is our duty as parents to exercise patience in order to achieve greater satisfaction, even if we have to wait. They have to learn that if they spend their money on trinkets, they won't have it to buy that expensive toy they love.
Money and social circles
Today, there are numerous social circles in which it is shown that "you have so much, so much you are worth." Circles in which your child can even be discriminated against. This can happen because you do not have that last generation phone that you asked for.
If we want to change this and that our children grow up and form a different society, they must be educated in the idea that what matters is that they are strong, healthy and happy. It is something necessary for them and for us. Only in this way can a society be created in which an individual is worth more for what they contribute to the rest of their peers than for the inheritance they can leave, translated into euros. A society in which hard work is the key to success.