Posts Tagged: wants versus needs

We Don’t Have Any Money! Money Matters for Preschoolers

“Mommy, I want candy.” “We don’t have money for that,” I state. I continue adding items from my shopping list to the grocery cart. “I want donuts. Pleassssse,” my three-year-old daughter begs. “We don’t have any money,” I explain once again. “Count three cans of corn for mommy. That’s right; you found three cans from…