How to Make Money Fast...for Kids

Kid playing guitar

As a parent you know kids are creative, charming, funny, motivated, talented and for some reason think money grows on trees because they are always asking their parents for money. Little do kids know that they have a great ability to make money, not only to make money but to make money fast! Think about it, kids have no idea what a job is or how money is made until they are officially hired. Here are some step you can use to help your kids learn how to make money in more ways than just getting an allowance or doing the dishes, these steps will help your kids be creative little business people.

Instructions

1. Discover kids talents, all kids loves to do something such as sing, dance, play an instrument, tell jokes, ride a bike, skate board. You can have you child set up a weekend class where they teach you "the parents" how they became good at their hobbies, have them charge for admission or by the hour.

2. Set up a classic lemonade stand with them, teach them how to present the lemonade, what to say how to keep track of money, how to advertise the cost, and other details that go into running a good lemonade stand.

3. You can help your kids (provided they are the right age) set up a baby sitting service, a lawn care service or a dog walking service. Anything that will help your kids understand responsibility and rewards for responsibility.

4. Now you can ask your new little entrepreneurs the age old question. Can I barrow some money? And they will say back, "you think money grows on tree's?"