Topic: Raising a $mart Kid by Rosina Simon
got a hold of this book today, gara2 ada announcement di kantor untuk promo buku ini. kebetulan rosina simon ini salah satu ex-employee dan akan launch buku yang berjudul lengkap:
"Raising a $mart Kid"
Banker Moms' Practical Tips to Raising Financially Sensible and Responsible Children
langsung tertarik karena kebetulan bukunya yang bisa dibeli hari ini itu sekalian ketemu author nya dan dapet signed copy. what i'm interested about this book is that it gives inputs on how to treat your kids and teach your kids about finance, understanding about needs and wants, etc. trus ada juga short stories dari para orang tua lain gitu, basically kayak sharing mereka ttg how they teach their kids about financial planning and financial judgment dari kecil.
tadi sih udah sempet di tweet sedikit di twitter TUM, tapi detailsnya gue jelasin disini yaa. soalnya bukunya menarik banget dan kebetulan belom terbit di mana2. karena launch datenya itu sebenernya tgl 27 May 2011 di singapore. menurut mbak Rosina sih nanti bulan agustus bakal di publish di indonesia oleh gramedia books. tapi tanggal pastinya belom tau.
bisa baca detail & order online juga di >> www.dollarsmartkid.com
gue quote beberapa dari bukunya yang menurut gue bagus yaa.. contohnya ada kayak tips how to say no with love.
kid: why can't i get an iphone? all of my friends have one!
mom: because your friends are not my children.. if they were, they wouldn't have an iphone either.
kid: why does David have a PSP, an X-Box, a Wii and a DS, but I only have a DS?
mom: good question, dear. David has such a nice paretns. why don't you ask them if they are willing to adopt you? that way you can stay in their house and play those games
:)
dan ada satu excerpt of short stories (ada kumpulan short stories dari other banker moms), tapi yang satu ini anonymous. ceritanya bagus banget, sampe2 pas gue baca, gue berkaca2 dan hampir nangis. keren abis!!
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A MOTHER'S LOVE
One young, academically excelleng person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company. He pass the first interview. The director who did the last interview, made the last decision.
The director discovered from the CV that the youth's academic achievements were excellent all the way, from secondary school until his postgraduate research. He never had a year when he did not score.
The director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarships in school?"
The youth answered, "None."
The director asked, "Was it your father who paid for your school fees?"
The youth answered, "My father passed away when I was one. It was my mother who paid for my school fees."
The director asked, "Where did your mother work?"
The youth answered, "My mother worked as a laundress, cleaning clothes."
The director requested the youth to show his hands. The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect.
The director asked, "Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?"
The youth answered, "Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books. Furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster than me."
The director said, "I have a request. When you go back today, go and clean your mother's hands and then see me tomorrow morning."
The youth felt that his chance of landing the job was high. When he went back, he happily requested his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt strange, but with mixed feelings, she showed her hands to her son.
The youth cleaned his mother's hands slowly. His tears fell as he did that. It was the first time he noticed tha this mother's hands were so wrinkled and that there were so many bruises in her hands. Some bruises wer so painful that his mother shivered when they were cleaned with water.
This was the first time the youth realized that it was this pair of hands that washed the clothes every day to enable him to pay the school fees. The bruises in the mother's hands were the price that the mother had to pay for his graduation, academic excellence and his future.
After finishing the cleaning of his mother hands, the youth quietly washed all the remaining clotehs for his mother. That night, mother and son talked for a very long time.
Next morning, the youth went to the director's office.
The Director noticed the tears in the youth's eyes and asked, "Can you tell me what you did and learned yesterday in your house?"
The youth answered, "I cleaned my mother's hands, and also finished cleaning all the remaining clotehs."
The Director asked, "Please tell me your feelings."
The youth said,
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The director said, "This is what I am looking or in my new manager. I want to recruit a person who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the sufferings of others to get things done, and a person who would not put money as his only goal in life. Son, you are hired."
Later on, this young person worked very hard, and received the respect of his subordinates. Every employee worked diligently and as a team. The company's performance improved tremendously.
A child, who has been over protected and habitually given whatever he or she wanted, will develop an "entitlement mentality" and will always put himself first. He will be ignorant of his parent's efforts. Whe he starts work, he assumes that every person must listen to him, and when he becomes a manager, he would never know the sufferings of his employees and would always blame others. This kind of person, may be good academically, and may be successful for a while, but eventually would not feel a sense of achievement. He will grumble and be full of hatred and fight for more.
If we are protective parents of this kind, are we really showing love? Or are we destroying the kid instead?
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the rest, you can read in a book. definitely a good book! karena mungkin baru gue satu2nya yang baca buku ini, kita diskusi aja ttg cerita di atas yuk. i find that story very englightening and so very true... and very touching.
