038: The Opposite of Spoiled
We’re concluding our mini-mini series today on chores – and on paying children to do chores, which leads us to larger conversations about money. If you missed the first part of this then then you might want to go and listen to last week’s interview with Dr. Andrew Coppens, who explores the ways that families in different cultures approach chores and what lessons that can hold for those of us who want to encourage our children to do their chores. Today we’re going to take that conversation to its logical conclusion by talking about money, and what better guest to do that with us than Ron Lieber,who wrote the book http://amzn.to/2FSlvgA (The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids who are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money) (affiliate link). It’s a really practical guide to talking with your children about money – from what information they should have at what age, to what to do with a child who always wants you to buy them something at the store, to what to say when a child wonders why homeless people don’t have enough money. Other episodes mentioned in this show 021: https://yourparentingmojo.com/talk-sex-today/ (Talk Sex Today) 034: How do I get my child to do chores? References https://www.nytimes.com/by/carl-richards (Carl Richards’ cartoons) for the New York Times Lahey, J. (2016). The gift of failure. New York: Harper. Lieber, R. (2016). http://amzn.to/2FSlvgA (The opposite of spoiled). New York: Harper. (Affiliate link) Lythcott-Haimes, J. (2016). How to raise an adult.: Break free of the overparenting trap and prepare your kid for success. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin. Read Full Transcript Transcript Jen: https://www.temi.com/editor/t/hTCIDDbuqOZQpr2Rz--mij0KSJVFdhPdi35rny_ctlh0ficlBJPTrXrmN0PE8cx041QG25FQTypNgPG2EWllhfB4A2o?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplink&ts=37.27 ([00:37]) Hello and welcome to the Your Parenting Mojo podcast. Now before we get going with today’s episode, which I’m actually really excited about, I wanted to start with some housekeeping items. Firstly, I wanted to update you on our progress towards the goal that I set a couple of weeks back to double the number of subscribers to the show and I wanted to check back in with you and let you know that I’m about halfway towards my goal. So if you subscribed to the show recently, then thank you. I really appreciate it. And I also wanted to remind you that if you subscribe through iTunes, then I actually can’t count that towards my goal because the subscription on iTunes kind of disappears into a black box. I never hear about it and I have absolutely no idea how many subscribers I have there. So if you enjoy the show and are subscribed through iTunes or if you aren’t subscribed at all, would you mind doing me a huge favor and subscribing through my website at YourParentingMojo.com Jen: https://www.temi.com/editor/t/hTCIDDbuqOZQpr2Rz--mij0KSJVFdhPdi35rny_ctlh0ficlBJPTrXrmN0PE8cx041QG25FQTypNgPG2EWllhfB4A2o?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplink&ts=86.76 ([01:26]) You’ll also get a free gift for doing it through my website, which is a download of seven relationship based strategies to help your child thrive. So I hope you find that useful. The other thing I wanted to mention is that I’ve been doing some soul searching regarding the show. This is episode 38, which means we’ve been running for about nine months now and I really loved working on it. I completed my masters in psychology focusing on child development several months ago and it’s really not an exaggeration to say that I learn more from producing the average episode for you than I did for the average paper for my degree. I love reading and researching and synthesizing and I really get a kick out of having the show. I also love hearing from you and I’m honored...