Uneducated money habits with poor discipline are definitely eroding our Black wealth, currently and long term. We must do better to have and be better. But unfortunately, some don’t know or care that they could do more, and that’s the biggest problem.
I wish I had the answer. The best thing I can do is start with myself -- and try not to ruin our date nights along the way! Thank you for always accepting me for who I am. 😘
I gained so much from this Money Talks experience! I recalled so many childhood memories of the pure joy, not of eating out at a fancy White napkin restaurant, but of the rare, very rare times when my parents SACRIFICED to treat us (All 8 of their children) to “TAKE OUT!” No cooking at home; no dishes to wash, no same routine menu. The pure thrill of joining the “Haves” made this “had not black child” realized that there was more to have, more to do, more to be AND it made me work harder to get more for me and for my off springs!
You know all to well that splurging on a single parent household salary was a rarity! And yet, I think like the younger me, my younger four sons did well to be even modestly exposed to MORE! Even to this day, I resent That Pappadeaux (and so many other popular, taste-tempting restaurants) have always been beyond my everyday budget. I don’t believe that my Mother ever ventured into that segment of culinary delight — of course her Cajun cuisine easily equaled or surpassed Pappa and Deaux’s!!
I thank my parents for their modest yet consistent efforts to raise children who were aware that wealth was not to be squandered, but acquired and amassed to provide for their family’s in the here and now and to expose their offsprings to the next levels to which to climb— while giving us the desire, fortitude and abilities to reach for and attain those upper levels.
Thank you for reaffirming the good parenting I was privileged to have received!!
Uneducated money habits with poor discipline are definitely eroding our Black wealth, currently and long term. We must do better to have and be better. But unfortunately, some don’t know or care that they could do more, and that’s the biggest problem.
I wish I had the answer. The best thing I can do is start with myself -- and try not to ruin our date nights along the way! Thank you for always accepting me for who I am. 😘
I gained so much from this Money Talks experience! I recalled so many childhood memories of the pure joy, not of eating out at a fancy White napkin restaurant, but of the rare, very rare times when my parents SACRIFICED to treat us (All 8 of their children) to “TAKE OUT!” No cooking at home; no dishes to wash, no same routine menu. The pure thrill of joining the “Haves” made this “had not black child” realized that there was more to have, more to do, more to be AND it made me work harder to get more for me and for my off springs!
You know all to well that splurging on a single parent household salary was a rarity! And yet, I think like the younger me, my younger four sons did well to be even modestly exposed to MORE! Even to this day, I resent That Pappadeaux (and so many other popular, taste-tempting restaurants) have always been beyond my everyday budget. I don’t believe that my Mother ever ventured into that segment of culinary delight — of course her Cajun cuisine easily equaled or surpassed Pappa and Deaux’s!!
I thank my parents for their modest yet consistent efforts to raise children who were aware that wealth was not to be squandered, but acquired and amassed to provide for their family’s in the here and now and to expose their offsprings to the next levels to which to climb— while giving us the desire, fortitude and abilities to reach for and attain those upper levels.
Thank you for reaffirming the good parenting I was privileged to have received!!
I’m glad it made you reflect warmly on your childhood. Thank you for sharing your reflections here. 💜