5 ways to teach your kids how to be money smart

By Maui V. Reyes for Yahoo! Southeast Asia

You know the saying, “give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, but teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime?” The same applies to your own kids—while it’s easy to spoil, coddle, and shower them with absolutely everything their heart desires, it will be better for them (and you!) in the long run if you instill in them the value of saving. 

Teaching kids how to be smart with money doesn’t happen overnight. We asked different parents how they school their kids in the proper way of money management.

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