The poor are poor, the rich are rich

Chapter 75 3 Let Children Experience "Poverty"

No.16 Chapter 3 Let children experience "poverty"

Children's simple and emotional way of thinking is their personality traits.Because of this, the behavior of children also has the characteristics of these two aspects, as well as their attitude towards money. They have no concept of "poor" and "rich", and they will buy things that are useless just because they like it. Value things, but do not consider the economic affordability of their own families.If the child's behavior is not properly guided and regulated, he will still maintain this bad habit of spending money indiscriminately even after he grows up.

We often see a situation like this: a child is lying on the ground because his parents do not meet his certain requirements, until his requirements are met.Some parents work hard and cut down on food and clothing, but let their children eat good food and wear famous brands, but the children seem to be accustomed to all this and are not moved at all, and even despise their parents for being old-fashioned and not fashionable enough.

Many parents' love for their children is manifested in letting their children live a good life and trying to meet all their requirements.However, what kind of impact will this kind of selfless love and unlimited satisfaction have on a child's life?

Numerous facts have proved that too good material life and enjoyment can only teach children to ask endlessly, but forget to dedicate and create; if parents always protect them from wind and rain, they will be like seedlings in a greenhouse, and they will never be able to withstand it. The wind and the rain... Therefore, parents should let their children experience a "poor" life.There is an old saying that "children of the poor start their own families early". Only poverty can make children feel bitter and tired, so they work hard to get rid of difficulties; only poverty can let children get exercise in a difficult life and form Perseverance, parents, try the following methods, let your children experience "poverty".

First, deliberately "pretending to be poor"

Xiao Zhang and his wife have a good income and live a wealthy and comfortable life, but since the birth of their son, the couple deliberately pretended to be "poor" people.They are conscientious and frugal in family life, and they dress plainly and simply. They also nag in front of their children from time to time: Mom and Dad work very hard... Let the young children know that it is not easy for their parents to earn money, and the family's economy is not rich.

Under the influence of the couple, their son has learned to be thrifty since he was a child, and never spend money indiscriminately.On weekdays, he will save the useless carton skins one by one at home, and when he accumulates a certain amount, he will sell them to those who collect the carton skins.Seeing his son's frugality, the couple were very happy and praised his son's behavior.

As the saying goes, "It is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal."When a child is used to a life of spending money like running water and getting money at his fingertips, it is very difficult to let him live a frugal life.And if a child develops a sense of frugality from an early age, he will definitely cherish wealth when he grows up, and be grateful for everything his parents have created for him.

Second, contact with "poverty"

Parents have this experience. For older children, if we always talk about how poor we used to be, how hard we worked and other "old-fashioned" things in front of him, not only will it not play an educational role, but the child will sneer at it , and even retorted: "What era is it? Don't you want society to regress and let us go back to your era of wearing rags and eating sweet potatoes?"

For these inexperienced children, we might as well let them witness the living conditions of the poor.For example, collect some pictures, reports and videos about the life and work of people in remote mountainous areas from newspapers, TV, Internet and other media for children to watch, so as to touch their hearts; or take them to orphanages to see those lonely and helpless children. They realize their happiness lies...

Only when children understand the obvious difference between rich and poor, will they learn to be satisfied and cherish in comparison, and thus consciously reflect on their daily extravagant behavior.

Third, experience "poverty"

During the summer vacation, my mother brought her 10-year-old son Yang Yang to the uncle's house in the countryside, and let the son spend a period of time in the countryside to experience the life of a country child with the children of the uncle's family.

At the beginning, I was obviously not used to the life of herding cattle and mowing grass every day, so I clamored to go back to the city.But the mother was determined to ignore it, and told her son that this was a test for him, hoping that he could persevere.Yang Yang understood her mother's original intention, so she settled down with peace of mind.

During the two-month vacation life, Mingming gradually fell in love with the simple and quiet rural life, and gained a lot of farm knowledge and learned a lot of farm work.After returning to the city, although his skin was tanned, he became more sensible and took the initiative to help his mother with some housework.Yang Yang's mother watched her son's transformation and knew that her painstaking efforts were not in vain.

A British writer once said: "A calm sea cannot produce capable sailors, and a comfortable environment cannot produce great men of the age." Parents, if you want your children to become talents as soon as possible, let them live through "poverty" first. "It's the day.

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