Do Your Childen Value What You Give Them?

I had an interesting encounter this week with a familiar scenario. A parent was puzzled when their small child seemed to disrespect their own belongings which then spiralled into a full scale war of words about the parents exclaiming something along the lines of " I work very hard for the money that bought you that! Don't just throw it on the floor! Pick it up!"

Perplexed, angry and frustrated, it is all too familiar a story. The way in which a large percentage of parenting has evolved into is the all too familiar lack of showing children that money really does not grow on trees.

The amazing thing is that whilst as parents we expect ourselves to get up at the crack of dawn, gather everything for the day, do a hard days graft for in most cases precious too little money, it NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME that the thought that your children should do something similar ie effort = reward does not even cross their minds. For some inexplicable reason we think we should just give them everything they want.

I have seen this behaviour in "children" as old as 27 and above, still present, still looking for someone to Give them things! It is so vital that you address this early in life - believe me, children are a lot better equipped at 6 to 12 years old to change than later in life!

Until next week, Kind regards Diane