WOMEN'S NEWS

Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 28, 4 December 1930, Page 3

WOMEN'S NEWS

SOCKET MONEY FOE CHILDREN. ,i Many parents, seems to expect their Vdalt sons and daughters to a knowledge of the value of money, yet when they were children they were giv-1 ea ao opportunity to acquire such knowledge. Such misguided folk provide "Sieir children with all the comforts -flier possibly e&n and dole ouf in 3 Aaphaxard way odd shillings or pense as pocket-money, according to their means. The cas-li thus received is spent im the same careless manner by the c&ildren, Tvho expect more when it is gone. If parents desire their children to know the worth, of money it is best to let them learn for themselves how much can be bought with a given sum, t stipulating tliat tiie amount is to last a. stated time. A boy of seven is not too young to understand how far sixpence a week will go for the-'purchase of sweets, marbles and, maybe, his weekly comic newspaper. If boys and girls attending school - asre given a sum of money at regular1 intervals with the understanding that ea ao account will it be supplemented they will settle down and make the money provide for their wants. They will have to think and plan and, besides getting as good value for their money as they can, they will learn self- ' itaaial and self-reliance and will weigh tie quality and utility of what they fnurehaee. It 3fl better that a child Bhoul* feel fte*e from prying enquiries as to how the money is spent. If the money is sdnuefeimos wasted; what matter? The lc«eon Trill be learned by experionoe> It is the unlimited pocketmoney often given in foolish fondness that, makea tie waster in after life.