The entire time Kyle was in CASA level (pre-school), he has not brought money to school and since, I do grocery shopping at least once a week, there really is no need for them to buy in the local sari-sari store. So generally speaking, you could count the times that Kyle has held money in the last 6 years. This he didn't mind, until recently.
Around a month ago, Kyle went home crying because his "kuya", the school bus monitor, didn't want to give him money to buy Kimmy Crazy Bananas. I explained to him that kuya can't give him money all the time because he doesn't earn that much. He conceded but for days after that, he pestered me to give him twenty pesos everyday. I agreed to that but on the first week that I gave him money, he lost what I gave him-- twice!
I shouldn't have been surprised since he has had the habit of losing the money his other tita and lolo, and lolas have given him. I mean, he has yet to develop the idea of being responsible for his things, money included. The earlier incident made me decide to hold off giving money for the mean time. However, this decision brought on another problem-- him, asking money from his classmates!
I learned about this 2 days ago when he told me the ice cream he bought was only worth ten pesos. I was surprised to hear this when I don't remember giving him money that morning. When I asked endless questions to get to the bottom of the incident, I found out his classmate supposedly "gave him" money so he could buy. I know, it's so kind and sweet of his classmate to give him money but I don't want him to learn how to beg! I wanted him to learn how to be responsible of his things... and I feel embarrassed at the thought that another 6 year old is giving my 6 year old money!
Now, I don't know what to do! How do I teach Kyle to be responsible about money when he's in school and I'm at home the whole time he's bringing money? Is 6 years old too early to handle money? How old were you or your kids when you first began to be entrusted with money?
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