Comments on: Don’t Screw Up Your Kid’s Future

By: Jacques van Heerden

Jacques van Heerden — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:28:54 +0000

Great post Neil.

I grew up in a home where both my Father and Mother were Pastors. So that already says a lot. We were always amongst the smarter kids and highly successful people.

I have been interested in business and entrepreneurship since a young age and that even started when I was 6 selling little cardboard box cars for a few cents. I just loved making money on my own and that drive and motivation never changed.

That is what I live for.

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What Age Should I Start Investing In? — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:45:17 +0000

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By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:37:18 +0000

Glad you found it helpful!

By: College textbooks

College textbooks — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:31:50 +0000

I was raised with the news always on as well, and I found that it helped me a lot in school.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:35:54 +0000

Great insights. Really enjoyed reading this comment. Thanks Posh!

By: Posh

Posh — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 03:24:45 +0000

Another great post neil! That’s true we must choose our friends, as the saying goes “tell me who your friends are, and i’ll tell you who you are”. So be careful on that. And yes money doesn’t grow on trees, it is earned through hard work and perseverance so while still young learn to value everything even the smallest monetary unit you have on your pocket, spend wisely! And finally, criticisms turn to be negative on how we respond on it, so our actions depends on our reactions. Therefore face it with great enthusiasm and optimism.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 01:38:09 +0000

Definitely, I think spoiling children has it’s pros and cons. Spoiling teaches them to incentive work, but doesn’t teach them to work for work’s sake.

By: Aris

Aris — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 05:11:13 +0000

Wow nice article again Neil. I learned so much from this. I also wanted my parents to spoil me when I was still a kid and I still want to spoil me now. I know it sounds crazy, but when I see my friends who are spoiled, they are more better than me in every way. I’m happy that my parents did good things to me but I was hoping that they gave some room for me to learn from mistakes. Thanks Neil!

By: centrophenoxine

centrophenoxine — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:47:59 +0000

If you treat to you child as friend then you can find the every though of your child which is very helpful to mutual understand among both of you .

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 04:56:52 +0000

They definitely are two different worlds… It’s great that you were able to discover the versatility.

By: College textbooks

College textbooks — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:16:22 +0000

It is good to be well rounded, you make some great points here. My private school had a lot to do with how well i was able to adjust in the early years, then in high school I switched to public witch gave me an even better way to learn about people and the world.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:51:41 +0000

That’s a good idea, but you still got to be careful by leading them in the right direction .

By: Kendria

Kendria — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:32:53 +0000

we should allow the child to take their own decisions which helps them to think a lot.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:58:33 +0000

That’s great bud and also shows you the power of the internet

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10 Best Ways To Save Money — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:28:39 +0000

My father and mother are completely opposite. My dad spends quite a bit and mom is very frugal. I am somewhere in between spending and being frugal. But yes, saving money has been top most priority since I turned 20 and 4 years later, I can say proudly that I am financially very happy than my fellow friends.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 21:28:49 +0000

Good for you…news can affect people differently. That’s great that it helped you gain knowledge that others never had.

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purchase structured settlelments — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:35:55 +0000

My parents made a point to always have the news on in the morning and at night as well in my house. I since have changed the channel I watch but I always found the news interesting and felt I needed to have knowledge of what is going on in the world. I learned a lot with out even realizing it. I also was able to play the stock market game in school many years and that helped to understand that.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 02:04:45 +0000

Very true… as nice as it is to spoon feed them, you’re hurting them for then they go out in the real world.

By: Vivek Krishnan

Vivek Krishnan — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 12:16:51 +0000

Parents just have to be careful about spoiling kids too much. Giving them too much or too less can be harmful. A gentle balance is all that is required to push a kid in the right direction.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 04:40:17 +0000

Take baby steps consistently, not giant leaps occasionally.

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size 18 designer fashion — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:22:47 +0000

All things in moderation…If we had to do everything that every IM guru tells us to re:SEO of our websites then we would never eat and never sleep. I think if we can all just adopt a best practice mentality and for whatever it is we do, we do it well, then that should be ok.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:14:01 +0000

Very interesting, I’ll have to take a look at that.

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How To Increase Sales — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:09:16 +0000

There was a documentary called ’7 Up’ and they interviews these kids every 7 years.

A major point of the film was the first 7 years are the most important as they are the forming of the personalty.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:00:53 +0000

The more you can help the better (obviously not spoiling) but to help encourage them to success.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:09:35 +0000

Someone else will teach them…(probably) and it may not be helpful…it can be destructive.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:13:26 +0000

That’s why it’s so important for parents do be consciously aware that they’re role models.

By: Plumber Sydney

Plumber Sydney — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:31:12 +0000

It is the parents that can help guide and protect and develop the right environment for their children. It doesnt have to be perfect, but what the parents can pass on to their children is the most important thing.

By: Venetian Mirrors

Venetian Mirrors — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:57:35 +0000

If the parents don’t support the children, teaching them personal responsibility and healthy values, someone else will. There’s so much “noise” and distraction in the world, so if the parents don’t know how to take control and guide properly, the result could be a very confused individual.

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sell textbooks — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:10:30 +0000

It helps when parents get their kids involved with what they do. Kids automatically look up to their folks. So why not kick start them into the real world by letting them learn from you.

By: Neil Patel

Neil Patel — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:19:51 +0000

They can’t but as parents you do whatever you can do to help them with an advantage. You don’t have to, but it would be great if you can.