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The Perks of Growing Up With Financial Struggles
For the parents who worry about how their kids are doing.
If you’re reading this, you know there are copious downsides to financial strifes. Some days, you don’t know how your family will eat. You have to tell your kids you can’t get them their favorite snack for school this week.
You can just barely drive to your mom’s house because you don’t have money for gas. You can’t get together with friends because you don’t like showing up empty-handed, but you can’t spare money for drinks or even a bag of chips.
You haven’t paid your credit card in a couple of months. You’re thinking of telling your oldest daughter that you have to cancel her phone service. The laundry is piling up because you can’t purchase detergent, and your heart sinks when you notice you’re running out of toilet paper.
Your biggest worry, however, is your children.
What’s going through their minds?
Do they hate you?
Do they resent you for borrowing their birthday money because they know you won’t pay them back immediately?
Are you setting a bad example?
Are they just as stressed?
