{"id":60682,"date":"2024-01-09T15:22:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T07:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=60682"},"modified":"2024-02-01T00:05:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T16:05:43","slug":"kids-money-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/kids-money-lessons","title":{"rendered":"3 Life-Changing Money Lessons You Should Teach Your Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teaching kids good financial skills from an early age is critical for their personal development. Poor money skills can mess them up financially while good money habits can insulate them from financial challenges as adults.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately not all parents consciously try to foster money skills in their kids. In fact, about 20% of parents, or nearly one in five, had never spoken with their kids between the ages of four and 18 about money basics. Even if they have, they aren\u2019t raising awareness about these money matters\u00a0<\/a>at all .<\/p>\n

There are a number of basic financial lessons kids should learn and here are a few to get you started:<\/p>\n

<\/span>Money lesson #1: Money is not something that you get out of thin air<\/span><\/h2>\n

When kids see money popping out of an ATM, they often don\u2019t realize that money is a finite resource. Paying with credit cards create the impression that they can have whatever they want, whenever they want it.\u00a0 All it takes is to press some buttons in a machine on the wall or swipe a card without having to work hard for it.<\/p>\n