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Every kind of disability can be managed, and most patients can lead relatively normal lives all on their own. However, parents do tend to coddle their children, especially if they are sick or hurt. On the other hand, giving their children too much attention and enabling them further than necessary can continue to cripple them from leading their own lives. Proper teaching and independence are the two most important things when introducing the big wide world to any child.
Think about how you learned the mange money. Did your parents make you do chores? Did you go out and get a job delivering papers or mowing lawns? Did they make you save a little bit of birthday money and put it in a savings account for you? All of these lessons can be adapted to children with disabilities. Get the a piggy back that counts all their coins and dollars so they can see how much they have. Give them chores that suite their own needs to do around the house, like folding their laundry, washing dishes, taking care of their pet fish. They will feel accomplished that you let them do something on their own.
Once they are ready to purchase something small, take their money and count out the total together. Maybe you are going shopping for the day, see how much might be best to take with you and load a gift card for them. This way they won’t have to keep track of change and they will get a new total every time they use it on a receipt. This can be a life lesson and a math lesson. It is very essential for the parent to show confidence in the child. If you are working and if you spend a lot of time juggling your efforts between work and home, relying on your child and explaining that you place a lot of faith and trust in him or her can make a huge difference.
These lessons will only continue to build their confidence in saving, spending, and making money on their own. The next step should be to explain to them that every time a light is turned on, every time they take a shower, or turn on the TV they are being provided a service that they need to pay for. Teach them that everything they enjoy from their favorite snack, the after school sports, and their favorite shows on Direct TV premier channels cost money. They don’t necessarily have to know how much, but after a certain age that might make them think twice before asking for a toy or a new pair of shoes every time you go into a store. Age has nothing to do with it. As long as you retain good control over your child and as long as you do not pose any contradictions in your own approach, you should not have any difficulty in securing obedience.
If you teach your child how to handle money at a very young age, you would be doing an in calculable service to your child. As time goes by, your child will quickly understand the value of money and the pains you have taken to earn the same. By the time your child reaches teenage, he or she would not behave like a spoiled brat despite the fact that you are comfortably well off as far as finances are concerned.
