Parents are central figures to introduce financial education to children.

How this is done so that when the children started growing up, he will be able to make good decisions regarding finances.

When viewed in terms of a great time in educating children is when children have entered primary school or elementary school age.

Because at that age children will learn basic math like addition and subtraction of numbers that can be trained and applied in everyday life by saving.

When in school are taught savings passbook to be made, then the duty of parents to control only course that expenditure of the allowance remains, but to save it was also still there.

Of course as parents can not rely entirely on teaching education, especially for educating children about finances since childhood.

Therefore, parents can also teach in early childhood to be able to manage the financial owned since early childhood, in the following way in between

1. Recommend and Teach About Money Concepts

When the child has begun to count, then there is no harm in teaching or introducing kids about money, for example, from a small fraction as five hundred rupiah and the like. Encourage children to count the difference between the money given by parents and that he had used for snacks.

2. Give Teaching by Giving Allowance

By giving them pocket money, it will take your child to an adult learn to manage finances. So slowly it will start to manage its finances.

3. Teach Kids for Saving Accustomed

By teaching children to save, then the child will be more discipline in financial control which have been given by their parents.

Give a simple explanation to save the child will get something valuable in the future, as well as teach the benefits of set aside allowance every day to put the piggy bank first.

Then, as adults, children are taught to invest gradually to teach buy mutual funds and the like.

4. Teach Kids to Share In neighbor

By teaching the concept of sharing with his brother, slowly it will teach children about the charity that is synonymous with religious activities so hopefully it will become more pious.

With a fundamental understanding of the teaching of children in order to keep share with others in the school even though his parents were not nearby.

Besides teaching the value of humanity that not all humans have the same fate. So the children realize the importance of sharing with others, especially for those in need.

5. Taught Through Concept Game or Games

Through the game unwittingly being taught about managing finances. For example in playing the game of monopoly, cashflow 101, and many more.

Make the game more fun with so slow a child can apply them in their daily lives.

6. Encourage Kids When Shopping Monthly

By taking children shopping, indirectly it will introduce the figure in real terms in the field.

That way the child will be able to automatically count the number of items purchased parents and the amount of money spent.

In addition, children also witnessed the sale and purchase transactions ranging from the asking price, bargaining, to the purchase.

7. Teach About Priorities

When directly taught by definition and theory does not direct the child can understand. However, when given an open question as would a toy or sightseeing, then the child will choose both.

But teach a child to choose one which would take precedence. That way the child gradually taught to which more priority to the precedence without having taught formally.

Familiarize Your Child In the Set Finance

The expectation by adopting the child can immediately understand how to manage finances well so no need to bother to teach it specifically because it is more appropriate and efficient to teach them to get used to managing money from his pocket money in his daily life.

So no more children were only able to spend money given by parents without a well run because his parents had taught him early on.


Taken from Liputan 6 By Agustina Melani