很多中国父母经常用给孩子零花钱的方式来激励孩子好好学习，你赞同这种做法吗?
Personally,Idon’tbelievethatgivingchildrenpocketmoneyisaverygoodidea.Inmyopinion,doingsoonlyencourageschildrentothinkthatthingsinlifearefree.Ashumans,weonlyvaluethosethingsthatcostussomethingtoobtain.
WhenIwasachild,myparentsnevergaveusanypocketmoney(or“allowance”aswecallitinAmerica).Theymadeusworktoearnanymoneywehad.Theywantedustoknowthatmoneyisvaluable,andthathardworkisevenmorevaluable.Theywantedustolearntomakewisechoiceswithourmoney,andtheyknewwewouldbemorecarefulwithourmoneyifweearneditourselves.Finally,theywantedustounderstandthatworkandmoneyarerelated:youcannothaveonewithouttheother.
Ithinktherearetwothingsparentsneedtodotohelptheirchildrenunderstandthevalueofmoney.First,theyshouldmaketheirchildrenearntheirspendingmoney,whichwillmakethechildrenconsiderthemoneyprecious.Second,theyshouldnotalwaysstoptheirchildrenfromdoingfoolishthingswiththeirmoney.Makingsomemistakeswillteachthechildrentobewise.
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