怎样才能使孩子明白金钱的价值?我曾比较过两类父母的教子方法——其中一类父母把孩子惯得什么都依赖别人,另一类则把孩子训练得能独立自主。我得到的基本结论是:要是你能以言行向孩子灌输明确而实际的用钱方针,孩子长大后便较能懂得怎样去应付冷酷的经济现实。我自己也是个母亲,带大了2个女儿和9个领养的孩子。我当过幼儿园教师,也当过大学教授和“扶助贫苦学前儿童计划委员会”的主任。有一次,我在人行道上遇到了一位身披重裘的阔太太推着一辆轮椅。轮椅上坐着她那10岁的儿子。我问她:“他不能走路吗?”那位太太傲慢地回答道:“他当然能!不过谢天谢地, How can we make children understand the value of money? I have compared two types of parenting methods - one in which children rely on others for their habits and the other for training their children to be autonomous. The basic conclusion I get is that if you can instill clear and realistic money in words and deeds, your child will be better able to cope with the cold economic reality when he or she grows up. I myself am a mother with 2 daughters and 9 adopted children. I have been a kindergarten teacher, a university professor, and a director of the Planning Committee for Helping Poor Preschool Children. Once, on the sidewalk I met a lady wearing a heavy fur pushing a wheelchair. Sitting in her wheelchair with her 10-year-old son. I asked her: ”He can not walk? “ The wife replied arrogantly: ”Of course he can! But thank God,