I had a slightly comical (to me) interaction with our son this morning while he was getting ready to go to a friend’s basketball game.
He said, “you know dad I know you didn’t make a lot from your hobby yesterday so maybe one thought is you could put that aside in an emergency fund for you and mom so that you have extra money if you need it.”
And he follows it up with, “you know like Dave Ramsay‘s 7 baby steps.”
🤣
So I asked, “oh that’s cool you like Dave Ramsay?”
And he said “yeah I really do.
“And I you like learning about money?” I asked.
“Yep, I really like that,” he replied.
So I think the praise report as his parent is several fold.
1. We have to trust God. God is going to reach him where he is at, through whatever means God needs to. Even if that’s Dave Ramsay on TikTok. 🤣
2. I’m glad he is getting that sort of inputs so that it shifts him from consumerism to stewarding.
3. As a family we are exploring the Faith Driven Students’ “Called to Create and a different provider’s “Degree Free” we want to keep in mind that he likes learning about money and I’m assuming working with money.
I wouldn’t suggest he should become a banker per se but God is possibly preparing him to steward large amounts of capital whether that’s through playing in the NBA or owning his own business or whatever God has for him.
Which is to say our son is starting to show interest in things other than video games 🤪 and I for one, am grateful it’s stewarding finances.