Veronica Tellez Negret “6 Train up a child in the way he should go,

even when he is old he will not depart from it” Proverbs 22:6

In today’s society people have been affected by many economic problems. Most people have good intentions but only a small minority really know the right way to manage their finances.

How are we going to teach our kids about finances? We are not able to do this in our own strength. We need God to teach us. “17 This is what the

LORD says your Redeemer, the Holy

One of Israel: I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who

directs you in the way you should go

(Isaiah).”

Methods of Teaching1. Communication

listening to them.

2. Example Speak with our actions

3. ApplicationGive them the

opportunityto manage their money

Areas of Economic Teaching

IncomeBudgetingSavingDebtTithing Giving

35 In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work

we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord

Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

(Acts).

CONCLUSION

By encouraging our children to develop their financial skills we are helping them to become economically literate, self confident and successful (Sandberg).

At the same time we are strengthening our relationships with them, but most importantly we are giving them the opportunity to see God as their father and showing them that if they please God in everything they do, they will prosper in all their ways.

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Chicago, USA: Division of Encyclopedia Britannica, INC., 1984.

Isaiah. "Isaiah." The New Scofield Study Bible . Nashville, Tennesse: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1960. 647.

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Salomon. "Proverbs." The New Scofield Study Bible. Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1960. 593,588.

Sandberg, Jean. "At Home in America a Free Newspaper and Blog for the Homeschool Community." 16 May 2003. 18 July 2008 <http://www.athomeinamerica.com/node.php?id=23>.