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January 17, 2013
January 17, 2013
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Last weekend, my husband and I took the kids to the Pittsburgh RV Show at the Convention Center downtown. It's like a house tour (except the houses are really small and you can walk through hundreds of them in a few hours). The kids never got tired of climbing up into the RVs, looking in every corner, and then climbing back down and heading to the next one.
For some reason, they seem to think that since we like to look at RVs, we're going to buy one. We explained several (or maybe 50) times that one day we'd like to get one, but for now we're just going to look. My son then took it upon himself to become an RV salesman, saying things like, "Look at this one! It's perfect! It's got bunk beds, so we wouldn't be in your way! And it's only 76 grand!"
The "76 grand" part startled us both. First, it makes our kid sound like he's in the cast of Pawn Stars. And it also shows us that even though he's learning plenty of math in school, and he saves half of any amount of money he gets as a gift, he really has no idea how much things really cost. He thought that buying an RV that has the price tag of a small house would be a great idea and couldn't believe that we left there empty-handed. I made a mental note to never give him a bank card and starting looking around for some websites and apps that teach kids about the value of money.
Do you have any tips? Ideas? Are there particular things that you teach or do as a family so that your kids understand that money doesn't grow on trees?
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Giveaway winner:
Sound of Music--Beth P.
For some reason, they seem to think that since we like to look at RVs, we're going to buy one. We explained several (or maybe 50) times that one day we'd like to get one, but for now we're just going to look. My son then took it upon himself to become an RV salesman, saying things like, "Look at this one! It's perfect! It's got bunk beds, so we wouldn't be in your way! And it's only 76 grand!"
The "76 grand" part startled us both. First, it makes our kid sound like he's in the cast of Pawn Stars. And it also shows us that even though he's learning plenty of math in school, and he saves half of any amount of money he gets as a gift, he really has no idea how much things really cost. He thought that buying an RV that has the price tag of a small house would be a great idea and couldn't believe that we left there empty-handed. I made a mental note to never give him a bank card and starting looking around for some websites and apps that teach kids about the value of money.
Do you have any tips? Ideas? Are there particular things that you teach or do as a family so that your kids understand that money doesn't grow on trees?
____________
Giveaway winner:
Sound of Music--Beth P.
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