When you’re growing up as a child, you’re told to mind your business, don’t speak unless spoken and of course stop being so nosey asking so many questions. Or maybe that was just in my home. Over time we as children did listen and follow the rules, never asking too much about money, finances, credit and other adult stuff. Those things were never discussed. However at some point these kids grow up and have to be adults, with adult issues, adult money problems and adult struggles.
At that point you may wish that your parent’s weren’t so old school and did discuss many of these topics with you so you didn’t have to sit and worry so much. You could focus on more positive things instead of worrying about ways to fix bad credit and save more money. You wish you didn’t have to wait so long to understand how to manage your finances and live a more pleasant adult life.
Things have changed a bit these days now that parents are more open with discussing money, saving and other financial topics. Maybe it’s going through the horrors of not knowing about money that forced them to not do the same to their children. Whatever it is, it’s important that parents don’t just hush their children away, but have an open dialogue that will protect them from tons of issues in the future so there’s no need to fix bad credit and get out of debt, etc.
Of course we shouldn’t sit and blame parents, schools and church for everything in our lives. However at some point it’s important for our families to step in and teach us the right thing so we’re not out there being a nuisance to society and a responsibility of the state. Providing a basic foundation for individuals growing up will allow those individuals to make better decisions when it comes to life, love, and of course finances.