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How I Taught My Preschooler the Value of a Dollar | beingfrugal.net

mjskylark rated 9 months ago
In college, I studied Criminal Justice and Counseling Psychology. One of my Prof.'s told us that the single common denominator in all criminal behavior was the inability to delay gratification. If this is true, and I believe it is, then that would explain why crime increases as we raise our chi...

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Cootiehog rated 7 months ago
A GREAT article about teaching preschoolers the value of hard work and earning money
Fluffymonkeyem rated 9 months ago
From the page: What began as a way to motivate Sam to stop throwing temper tantrums turned into an exercise where he learned that he must work hard to afford expensive things. great article.
ryanrandolph rated 9 months ago
Cool review on teaching your children the value of money.
BenjieP rated 9 months ago
Good system for teaching a preschooler money. He will probably grow out of it, but it's a good system!
tyrone06spann rated 9 months ago
awesome
mjskylark rated 9 months ago
In college, I studied Criminal Justice and Counseling Psychology. One of my Prof.'s told us that the single common denominator in all criminal behavior was the inability to delay gratification. If this is true, and I believe it is, then that would explain why crime increases as we raise our children with more and more feelings of "entitlement". This article is exactly the kind of thing parents need to teach, at home, when children are still little. I don't really know any children, personally, that take a first "no" for an answer. They have learned to "wear" their parents down...
EddieStarr rated 9 months ago
start em young and give them a sharebuilder.com account =)