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Wow, that is really great! Sure wish more kids were like that! My son is 22, living back at home and working/attending college.....he is learning fast (lived on his own for several months) how expensive it is to live, and trying to make money stretch!

That's great.
My son is like that too, but his all involves electronic things.
He took a liking to them from the time he could talk and the past few years he has went several times to the computer recycle shop. At first he just hung out talking to them and he would buy parts and build computers from them, and sell them on Craig's list. He made enough to buy himself a cell phone, a mini bike, a scooter, a blackberry and several other things. Then he started volunteering to help them fix up computers at that recycle shop. Now he's been offered a paying job there!!
He's only 14 and he is showing adults how to fix computers!!
It's great to see these guys excelling at such a young age.... they are, after all, OUR future and the better they do now, the better future our great nation will have!

Nora, this was a lesson I learned from the start and my husband and I both want our kids to learn it. We also find that he appreciates and cares more for his stuff when he works for the money to pay for it.

It sure sounds like you have a smart and very hard worker there.

Wow, I wish that my hubby and I would have learned lessons like that......my parents always thought it was NOT important to teach me :( !!! Sooooo, I've always had to learn on my own, hubby never did........I've learned several hard lessons in my life concerning money......am trying to teach our son about being "frugal" and careful with money, not to throw it around, but to save, save, save! Yes, definitely, it's very true, that kids do appreciate stuff more when they have to work to earn the money....I know that for a fact.....LOL! That's really a great article!

Impressive parenting on your part.

Good for him. I was always that way. And I taught my son to be the same way.

Read the Q&A column at DaveRamsey.com http://www.daveramsey.com/etc/cms/kids_and_money_q&a_7044.htmlc

You are right Elle. Thank you for the training.( Training a child in the way he should go and when he grows up, he will not depart from it )

Sounds like he is developing quite the work ethic!

That's impressive that he is willing to work hard to earn money. I know many kids who lack that trait.

Wow, that's quite a job for him. One of my cousin's sons was like that.

Way to go Elle! My son is like this, too, and it really gives you a good feeling to know they are so resourceful.

Sounds like your son is on his way to being a good saver.  And a hard worker.  Now a days kids just want to sit in front of the tv or the videogames.  Way to go.