Help end medical misogyny. Sign our petition.

Help end medical misogyny.
Sign our petition.

Sign the petition

Please or to access all these features

Chat

Join the discussion and chat with other Mumsnetters about everyday life, relationships and parenting.

Teaching investment to children

1 reply

helencarter · 02/06/2026 10:15

Hi everyone,

I’m researching how parents teach children about money and would love some honest feedback.

Most money boxes focus on:

  • Saving
  • Spending
  • Giving

I’m exploring whether children aged 6–9 can also start understanding the idea of investing.

One concept I’m considering is:

A money box with four sections:

  • Save
  • Spend
  • Give
  • Invest

The Invest section would work differently.

When children leave money invested, parents could occasionally award special “Growth Coins” that represent investment returns (for example, one Gold Growth Coin = £1).

The idea is to help children see that money can grow over time if it isn’t spent immediately.

I’d genuinely love your thoughts:

  1. Do you currently talk about investing with your child?
  2. If not, why not?
  3. Do you think 6–9 is too young?
  4. Does the Growth Coin idea make sense?
  5. What would you change?

I’m researching at this stage rather than selling anything, so honest criticism is very welcome.

Thank you.

OP posts:
helencarter · 02/06/2026 11:13

At what age should you teach your child about investing?

OP posts:
New posts on this thread. Refresh page