Comments on: Money Doesn’t Grow On Trees

By: pinky

pinky — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 07:37:47 +0000

its all fake who says money does’t grow on tree.tell ur dad to grow a tree with money

By: anum ehsan

anum ehsan — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:03:43 +0000

money does’t grow on trees is the biggest truth that one understands it once realizes its importance.

By: Stephanie PTY

Stephanie PTY — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:03:32 +0000

Oh, I most certainly do! I don’t have a copy of every issue, but I do have the ones from 1996-1998. In fact, somewhere, someplace… the old Microsoft Publisher files still exist on floppies!

I should really scan those things in, they’re a hoot to read now!

By: Matt Fyffe

Matt Fyffe — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:03:15 +0000

This is a great post. I like how you took real world concepts that all of us are dealing with and adapted them to children.

Some great strategies here and the hardest one is that notion of telling your kids no. It’s hard to say no when they want to go out with friends but it’s important to keep them fiscally smart.

By: Corporate Barbarian

Corporate Barbarian — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:56:37 +0000

In school today, my son was learning about Chamberlain’s appeasement of handing over the Sudetenland. I told him that appeasement doesn’t work, it just sets you up for the next larger appeasement. Which is why I never cave in to my kids, no matter how much they whine. It just sets me up for a bigger score the next time.

By: Grant @ BrokePiggy.com

Grant @ BrokePiggy.com — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:53:29 +0000

Thanks for your involvement in this series Jim!

By: Dana

Dana — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:59:01 +0000

Yep, teach them to earn and save from a young age. Even if it’s not for the money, but for the discipline and principle of it. It’ll be invaluable for the rest of their lives.

By: her every cent counts

her every cent counts — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:33:26 +0000

That’s so true, money doesn’t grow on trees. And a good point to learn.

I’m really enjoying this series. Check out my Q&A with BrokePiggy’s Grant Baldwin (not officially part of the series, but if you’re interested in his story and why he started BrokePiggy, check it out) http://www.hereverycentcounts.com/2009/04/broke-piggy-teaches-teens-about-money.html

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:06:28 +0000

That’s so clever, do you still have any copies left?

By: Stephanie PTY

Stephanie PTY — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:55:28 +0000

I love that Grant had a lawn-mowing business when he was young! I think more kids should do things to earn their money directly. I had a newspaper that I wrote and sold around my town when I was six, until the time I was twelve! I didn’t make huge amounts of money with it, but I learned a ton, and the money seemed like a lot to me! I even had my friends work as paid reporters for the “Kids Gazette.” It was great fun, and I encourage all kids and teens to pursue their own small businesses, because you learn so much from it.

By: MK

MK — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:52:01 +0000

This is one very important lesson that I think needs to be taught to all children. That money doesn’t just get handed to you, you have to do some work in order to receive the rewards.

By: FFB

FFB — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:45:47 +0000

It’s so important to build good money habits and respect for money early on. It’s not easy mind you, but important! If I only knew then what I know now….

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:50:30 +0000

Very true and the earlier you plan it, the bigger the tree can be when you need to chop it down to build your own house.

Ahhh analogies!

By: the weakonomist

the weakonomist — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:02:25 +0000

When I was young I received a dollar and tried to plant it to make my own money tree. It didn’t work. Who am I kidding, I did that last week.

The metaphor does work if you plant a dollar (invest it) and wait for it to grow.

Good post, I’ll need to read the rest of the series.