May 2011
How to Teach Your Child About Why We Save
13. May 2011
Why do we save? Explain to your children that we save in order to get things that we will want in the future, but also to get things that we will need in the future. It’s hard to think about the future when you’re young because to most children their idea of “the future” is next week, tomorrow, or even five minutes from now. So, does a three year-old understand the concept of long-term saving? Absolutely, positively not. Or does a ten year-old understand the concept of saving? Absolutely, positively not. As a result, most adults in America don’t understand the concept of saving either. We have a very low success rate of saving in this country.
