How do you teach your children to appreciate what they are given?

Answer 1

Talking to children like adults from an early age helps a lot. When your children understand how hard you work, how much you earn and how much you spend on day to day living costs, you'll be amazed how supportive they can be. If they ask for something that is not a necessity, highlight the necessities and let them know that if there is money left you will all save towards the desired item. Let them know about savings and why they are necessary. This encourages them to save up from their own allowances especially if you go OTT with praise when they save and buy their first (sensible) item. Lead by example and children will emulate. Good luck.

Answer 2

You teach your children to appreciate what they are given by showing appreciation for the things that YOU are given. Too often parents complain about being taken for granted. Don't parents often take their children for granted?
Think about it? Do you let your children know in action and in words how much you love them? I don't mean feeding them and clothing them. Those are parental duties since the kids had no choice in the matter. I mean giving them a hug just because they are there or telling them how lucky and special YOU feel because you were given such a lovely son or daughter. A child that is truly loved and shown that he/she is loved grows up to be a very loving, compassionate and appreciative person.
So before complaining about the kid, I think people with children need to take a good long look at themselves.

Answer 3

Depends how old they are. Older kids should have to do chores to earn thier allowance. Kids are handed too much these days and it makes them act like they are entitled.
Little kids need to be taught at a very early age to say please and thank you, and not be given every little thing they whine for.

I started working when I was 9 picking berries, mowing lawns, cleaning houses, doing odd jobs, and babysitting when I was a bit older. Even though my parents had money, I still bought my own car, paid for my gas and insurance.

Answer 4

If your kids aren't appreciating what they are given; then stop giving them stuff! I have a friend whos ex wife and ex mother-in-law buys his kids anything and everything they want so every time he has his kids they tell him "go buy us this and go buy us that"! He told them that they aren't in charge of him and if they want somethin they're gonna have to earn it!!

If we hand our kids everything then they aren't going to be able to handle the real world when they grow up and move out!

Answer 5

make them earn it.....That is kinda hard when they are very young, but once they are able to do chores and such...it easy....I know when I was a kid my parents gave us everything we NEEDED... meaning food, shelther, cloths...etc...however, for example the cloths we were given we Wal-Mart cloths. IF we wanted the 50-60 dollar pair of pants we had to pay for them....we got an allowance for chores, plus I had a job working for a farmer in the summer time when I was 12....My first car...I paid for....my parents gave me one tank of gas a week, because I drove my siblings to school....I paid my own insurance....You have to make your kids earn what they want if you really want them to appreciate what they have.....no handouts..don't just buy them whatever they want.....if you do say buy them a car....give them a list of things they have to do to earn it......that is the best way to teach them....make them work for what they want.

Answer 6

By talking to them from day one .I always taught my children to work for the things they get , and they all do this .

Answer 7

depends on what it is. make them earn it instead of just giving them things.

Answer 8

take it off them and dont give them anymore! slowly introduce it back into their lives, and when they start disrespecting again, take it away!

Answer 9

Make them pay for it.