“We taught our 7 year old son about money today. A lesson I wish my parents had taught me. We gave him 3 tea jars and some money and he emptied out the money he had in his little wallet. We told him one jar was for ‘PERSONAL SPENDING’, an…other for ‘SAVINGS’ and another for ‘GIVING’. He got to choose how to divvy up his monies and put it in whichever jars he chose. We got to talk to him about the importance of putting some money aside for the future, something big you want to save for or college, etc… And, most importantly, that some money needed to be given away to charity or religious faith, to be spent in service.”

Somehow I need to remember this in four years.