Being a single mother is not easy and when this 24-year-old single mother saw the chance to teach her toddler about budgeting, she took it. As a young mother herself, budgeting is still vaguely a new concept for most. So, she decided to take baby steps, her daughter, after all, is only 4 years old. So she got her the classic little piggy bank and had her start earning some change. She told her she had to keep that money for something special, to not just spend it right away on whatever. She had to save it for as long as she can and then use the money for something she thoroughly thought about buying. 

This sounds like concepts that should fly right over the head of a toddler, but this little girl took her mom’s words seriously. She saved her money for a long time and eventually had enough to go shopping. She wasn’t just running around like the age old saying of «a kid in a candy store.» Sure, she looked at things that she wanted but knew she didn’t need. But she would stop herself from throwing them in the cart and would keep going. She had her eyes on the prize and made purchases that sound very wise for a 4-year-old. She got just a couple of toys for herself, and then got a book she could share with her mother and clothes that she actually needed. What kid does that?? Buys themselves clothes! We would most definitely say that this girl learned the exact lesson her mother was trying to teach her and her mother agreed. She was beaming with pride! Unfortunately, her mother, the toddler’s grandmother, did not think the same…