Gem, this really made me think about money lessons too, we only count the quiz score or the chart they fill in, not the instinct they're quietly building every time they watch us choose or hesitate at checkout. Question for you: what do you think actually counts as a kid 'learning' about money outside a lesson?"
Thanks for reading, and great topic and question! I think it’s all those little moments around money that we might not think of as learning at all: watching us make choices, noticing what we prioritise, handling their own money, making mistakes, asking questions, working out what something costs in relation to what they have. So much of that learning happens without anyone deciding it’s time for a “money lesson”.
Gem, this really made me think about money lessons too, we only count the quiz score or the chart they fill in, not the instinct they're quietly building every time they watch us choose or hesitate at checkout. Question for you: what do you think actually counts as a kid 'learning' about money outside a lesson?"
Thanks for reading, and great topic and question! I think it’s all those little moments around money that we might not think of as learning at all: watching us make choices, noticing what we prioritise, handling their own money, making mistakes, asking questions, working out what something costs in relation to what they have. So much of that learning happens without anyone deciding it’s time for a “money lesson”.
Hi Gem, your post on what counts as learning stayed with me. My son taught me more about money by negotiating a raise for taking out the trash than any lesson I planned. I wrote about it here, thought you might enjoy it: https://madammarkets.substack.com/p/the-trash-job-got-a-raise?r=7ycssb&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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