Many people are in the dark when it comes to money, and I'm going to turn on the lights.
Suze OrmanRead
I'm a big advocate of a work-for-pay setup rather than an allowance that isn't attached to chores - it's a great way to impart the value of money to your children.
Interpretation
Teaching children the value of money through work fosters responsibility and financial understanding.
This quote emphasizes the importance of teaching children the value of money by connecting it to hard work rather than simply giving them an allowance. By earning money through chores, children learn responsibility, the effort it takes to make money, and the significance of financial decision-making, which can prepare them for future financial independence.
In practice
During a parenting workshop focused on financial literacy for kids.
Many people are in the dark when it comes to money, and I'm going to turn on the lights.
Bad debt is sacrificing your future day needs for your present day desires.
We are all powerless as children, and money looms so powerfully... we don't grow up to claim our financial power until we look money directly in the eye, face our fears, and claim that power back.
Owning a home is a keystone of wealth - both financial affluence and emotional security.
Believing you are worthy of love means that you believe I deserve to be treated well - with respect and dignity. I deserve to be cherished and adored by someone. I am worthy of an intimate and fulfilling relationship. I won't settle for less than I deserve. I will do whatever it takes to create that for myself.
So many financial dreams are thwarted by the failure to act upon good intentions.
Math research is more like a marathon.
I feel very strongly about contraception even though I know people say that, as a good Catholic girl, I shouldn't. But I disagree because I think one of the keys to women's progression in the 20th century is being able to control their fertility.
I love to read. I wish I could advise more people to read. There’s a whole new world in books. If you can’t afford to travel, you travel mentally through reading. You can see anything and go any place you want to in reading.
Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery.
We expect a great man to be a good reader.
Far too often, girls are not given the space and opportunities they need to achieve their full potential.
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