Financial Parenting Styles; The Right Way to Go
Everyone definitely sees life from a different angle, and certainly we handle things differently too. Sometimes, when we see the way some people behave, we may be quick to almost judge them until we are reminded that we go through things and handle life differently.
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Parenting is a huge responsibility that people handle in different ways, and I always say the result, which is how the child turns out, is usually based on fate. Does this mean the effort of parents does not count? Absolutely not, because good parenting would most likely reflect in the attitude of a child until the child chooses to act otherwise.
When I was a little girl, my dad told the house how much he earns monthly. On the day he collects his salary, we eat catfish or something special, and he rings it into our ears that we do not have a lot left to spend for the month.
Sometimes, speaking to me, he says, Would you believe I only have 2,000 Naira left with me, and I will be unhappy as a result for the information, but he will be quick to add, Do not forget, God keeps taking care of us.
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Telling me about the financial status of the family makes me feel confident at the time, and I also felt carried along. In the same vein, I wasn't jealous of what other kids brought to school, because I knew my dad would conveniently get it for me if he could afford it, and then I knew that the money we had at home was our money.
As an adult, I was passing through the estate one day when I saw little children getting into an argument. One of them said, My dad has 50 million naira in his account. He showed me last night. I am sure your dad doesn't have such an amount.
It sounded hilarious, but then again, I wondered what the intentions of the parents were to have shown the child his account balance. This child is innocently bragging about it to her friends, who may in turn go home to cry to their parents and ask why they do not own such amounts in their bank accounts, or, on the other hand, speak to someone else who would come rob the family and may hurt someone in the process.
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I have a friend who said while growing up, his dad would tell him that he has nothing to his name, and in fact, the house they were living in has been used as collateral to get a loan from the bank, so they had nothing to their name except from the education he is giving them.
My friend grew up to know that; his father only did that to ensure his children took their education seriously. Now these are different parenting styles, and I believe each of them has a reason for their actions. When it comes to parenting, I don't like to conclude that maybe one is doing bad or not, except, of course, it is an obviously bad trait for everyone to see.
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