Saturday, September 20, 2014

Teaching Your Kids to Be Financially Independent

Most kids look up to their parents to learn their lessons of life. At times, when parents are unavailable, children look up to their teachers as a source of their education. Today, since both mother and father have to work, they can devote little time for their kids. Lack of the attention from parents makes the job of teachers even more difficult. This problem is bigger when it comes to managing of finances.


It is important that parents follow healthy financial habits and are role models for their children. They should help their kids understand financial concepts that kids are not taught in schools. Here are a few simple tips that parents can follow to help kids in managing their finances.

a) Taking kids to grocery store will and making them calculate the total value of your bill will help them understand the expenses incurred. It will also help children understand the unit price of a commodity and the price they have to pay to buy a certain number of units.

b) Parents should make it a point to take the kids along when they go a bank. This will give kids an idea of how to transact with the bank when they grow up. There are many people who have good management degrees that find it difficult to deal with banks because they don't have prior experience.

c) Ask your kid to make payments for your taxes, power bills and insurance premiums. This will help the kids understand the expenses they are incurring and how can they take steps to reduce their expenses. For instance when kids pay utility bills they will understand their consumption pattern and will take steps to reduce their expenses.

d) You can also teach your kids how to invest in stocks. If your kids love pizzas, you can ask your kid to save money and invest in companies that sell pizzas. This will teach them to understand how stocks are priced and how to invest in specific stocks.

By Abhishek Choudhari

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