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I kind of like this bank idea. How do you implement it. Do you create a separate account for them, or do you keep track of how much they should have in there? Do you let them access money they've saved at a later time?

I think the problem is your punishment is not associated with the crime. Children need to be punished immediately after they do something wrong so they can associate the punishment with their wrong act. What you are doing I think just seems like arbitrary punishment to him since it's too...

As long as you send your child to an english school they will pick it up fast. Personally I would try to do my best to teach your child your native language first, because they are more likely to lose it if you don't converse with them.

I've been in a strict family so if I ever wanted something, I was always going to have to ask my parents. I'm not sure if that's such a good thing for teaching my children about money (both too young now, but it'll probably be an issue soon). Anyways just wondering how everyone teaches their...

Have you tried playing the games yourself? What kind of educational content does it look like it has? Personally I think all games are "educational", just not sure you want your children to learn how to wield a gun and blow away enemy soldiers.

It's not about you explaining the problems, that just teaches your child to be reliant on you to solve it. What you really need is to just let your child try the problem and really understand what and why she is missing things. Ask her for her reasoning on why she is doing something, maybe she...

It really all depends on the school and his classmates. I think public school works, but you have to carefully monitor your child to see if he is being bullied or if there is anything else wrong. In private school that's usually less of a problem, but it can still happen and bullying doesn't...

Most exotic meats i.e. dog, cat, monkey, and snake.