April 04, 2022

If you taught your child to save then be prepared for they sometimes tend to become serious about saving- MommyKim

" Ma, why is it that people always said they don't have money but they get to pay for their food?"

This came out from my son's mouth last week when they we're having their second dose of vaccine together with his cousins. We we're at the mall buying their personal chair that they'll bring once the face to face classes starts. I was looking for the kiddie chair while he's tailing on my back. Then he catch a glimpse of a toy and asked me to buy it. Since I didn't bring extra cash that time and my card was also on my backpack so I told him that we'll buy it the next time we come to the store since I had no money to buy it. He didn't react or felt sad though and just continued on following me and bought the chairs. While paying it I can sense that he's obviously piercing his gaze on my back lol!!

We got out of the store carrying the chair and bringing Mom's grocery and then he spit it out. The questions that kept on lingering him ever since I told him that we'll buy the toy next time.

Trust me, when he asked me those questions I had lot answers on my mind but I kept on finding the most suitable answer that a five year old kid can understand and I sucked at explaining it in details, ugh.

" Okay, parents like Mama need to divide their money for our needs. Let's say I have money so I need to buy you food, and I also need to give Mamay and Papay since they're tending to you. Some of the money we're the ones I gave to you and for the payment of the bills so that you'll be sleeping with the fan on and the internet on. I did say that I don't have money since I need to pay for our lunch later and I bought you and your cousin your chairs." this is far most what I explained to him.

He then nodded and was silent for awhile but the series of questions kept on flooding after the first. Kids sometimes tend to get curious and kept on asking questions and you have to patiently answer them one by one and also not raising your voice for them to say what's on their mind.(Parenting 101)

So his questions starts from "why are you the only one paying?", "will Mama Jhe2(my sister) pay for Amber's chair that you bought?" and so on, his questions we're somewhat irritating if other people would hear it but for me I tend to giggle on it since he's really attentive and curious about stuff and everything .

" I guess I have more money than you Mama" oh boy, here's comes the one my sisters hate the most about my son, it's when he's boasting about his savings. I did told him to save some of what I gave him or from the elders who gave him cash so that he can buy whatever he likes by the time he saved enough. I guess he takes it seriously though.

So this is all his coin/money banks. I think I posted about the two big ones that I said that we'll have it one for each of us but he wants to put some on it so I gave it all to him. At first I couldn't believe my eyes that I gave him enough to fill those.

The first one with a heart shape on it are all paper, hundreds and fifties and it was his first piggy bank.I gave it to him year 2019 if I'm not mistaken and then we pulled out all his savings last year and I think he saved more than 2k($40). The blue piggy bank was given by his aunt last month and now it's almost full and the one's on his other hand was his daily share to Papa God and was put near the altar. It's all his thinking and it made me felt ashamed that I didn't thought about it but my son did.

This two big ones are I bet nowhere half but he told me that he'll never put hundreds on it instead he'll put those twenty peso coins. I ask him on what will he be planning to buy on those savings. " I never thought of buying anything right now since you're buying it for me, so I will just keep it as it is and we'll think later" . He surely is serious while saying it and even add. " See Mama, we have money, people have money. We don't have to say we have no money, we just have to say I have money but it's not intended to buy on those things but it is intended for the more important ones" ...slap..slap...slap.. Yes your honor my son said that and if only I could record it I could replay it everyday hahaha.

When you're teaching your child stuffs, they sometimes look like they don't care at all but little by little they get the hold of it and starts doing what you wanted them to do. Yes I did told my son to save for his personal wants no more no less. I didn't just expect him to be that serious because every time I come home I always gave him some coins or cash that he can put on his piggy banks. I can't say his thrifty though for he never pulls out from his savings.

I guess I need to learn the art of saving from my son. And I must say my son is really a man of his word hahahaha.

Thank you reading..and I do hope you get to learn something from this hehe

@mommykim