Meaningful Returns

We took our ten month old son to the first of six weekly “swim lessons” yesterday. Of course he won’t actually learn to swim over the course of those lessons, but that’s not actually the point. The point is expose him from a very early age to the way his body feels in water, such that he will soon learn to swim and have loads of fun doing it.

Why don’t we take the same approach with our kids and money? Expose them early and often to frank and age-appropriate discussions about the way money works in our families. They are often able to pick up on so much more than we give them credit for, and the earlier they can grasp the basics of financial decision-making, the better.