In South Africa there is an increasing demand to teach kids money skills and entrepreneurship that needs to be met by schools and parents in South Africa.

Gone are the days where we can say to our children: "Go to school, get a matric and go to university!"

There are far too many unemployed 'varsity graduates for a good job to be a reality for the majority of high school graduates today.

In our homeschooling homes, we have the privilege and ability to not only teach our children the Three R’s but also to prepare them for their future life purposes and teach kids money skills too.

We know that in South Africa there is a 30% unemployment rate. This has a direct impact on all of our children in terms of what they will do when their formal schooling is over. Consider the following questions:

Is the education kids are receiving today equipping them to meet the challenges of earning a living?

Where did you learn what YOU know about business?

Why not teach our kids money skills and let our kids start learning about business while they are STILL AT HOME?

Why not give them the training ground and opportunities to either succeed or 'mess it up' before they leave the safety of home and have to make it on their own in the 'adult' world?

Like many of our generation, we have learned what we know about business from the 'school of hard knocks' so we decided to start early with our kids' financial education.

In our own homes we have begun teaching our kids money skills at primary school age already. There were times when we thumb-sucked things to teach them these skills like holding entrepreneurs' days or getting them to do ad hoc jobs around the house. But recently, we were delighted to find a product that gives us a structured system to teach kids money skills and build entrepreneurial and business skills.

THE ANSWER

Best suited for kids aged 6-14, the Ka-Ching! Business Parenting Course is not just about teaching kids money skills, but also about building parent-child relationships. Using it, you and your children will discuss and negotiate the kinds of business concepts so that you will ultimately be building your children’s character and self-confidence, as well as their financial and entrepreneurial skills.

The Ka-Ching Business Parenting course shows a parent how to use a chore system, along with a pocket money system to begin teaching basic accounting skills. They supply instructions which teach detailed budgeting and record-keeping for kids as young as 6. Older children are taught step-by-step to plan, begin and run their own small business ventures. All the time teaching kids money skills and business acumen.