Changing your Mindset to Get Your Children Through the Recession

These are very difficult times and there are plenty of families who are starting to feel the financial pinch.Many families have noticed that the promised fuel cuts have not reduced their fuel bills to the level prior to the hikes which we have experienced in the last twelve months; the mortgage rates are not reflecting the reduced interest rates and to top it all the weekly shop, despite adverts promising savings seems to be getting more expensive.

So how do you cut your costs further without the kids particularly noticing?This is not about the individual actions; it is about changing your mindset.Children love to have new experiences and they love to do things with their friends, or even better to be the expert and to introduce their friends to a new activities will certainly give them the edge.We are not suggesting that you suddenly get your kids weaving and making their own clothes, simple things, get the kids to make the cakes which they can eat when their friends come round to play.Then you can progress to making bread.Bread is great for kids; they love the idea of watching it grow and then sticking their fingers in or punching it back so that it can grow again.The important thing is to make sure that your children share their new skills with their friends.This is make them want to progress.

Movies are great, but regular trips to the cinema can get costly, apart from the tickets there is getting their, parking, taking their friends, buying the drinks and popcorn.It all adds up and before you know it, the kids are expecting it and it has become a habit hard to break.So don't take this away suddenly and drastically so that the children feel deprived, wait until one is not quite well, or it is horrid weather, the film they want is booked.You need to find a reason acceptable to them not to go and then introduce a new activity.

If you have kids who like to be messy, and a little bit of outside space it is a great idea to get them gardening.The first time I managed to get my eldest son to eat peas was after he had spend the previous hour shelling them.If you haven't got any outside space, something we suffer from, then there are great days out at farms where you can pick your own fruit and vegetables.These are wonderful fun activity and you get to eat loads of strawberries after, what more of a reward can a child ask for?

If the recession is going to be half as bad a some of the experts are predicting then we need to start thinking about bringing up a generation who are less materialistic and have a greater understanding of what is important.We need to have healthy children who know how to use their imagination and how to apply their knowledge.We do not know what sort of a work environment they will enter, but you can guarantee that it will be drastically different from the current one.Parenting has always been hard and now it is even more important that we do our best to prepare our kids, you cannot completely shield them from a global economic meltdown.

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Jon Kelly is a published author who writes articles and reviews on money and finance.

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