My eldest daughter recently caught me off guard with a tricky question. It wasn’t about sex, relationships or her future career, but about money. Or to be more precise, my money and how much of it I had.
我的大女儿最近问了我一个棘手的问题,让我有些措手不及。这个问题不是关于性,也不是关于感情或她的未来职业,而是关于钱。或者更准确地说,是关于我的钱以及我有多少钱。
Like all young people approaching university, her question was probably inspired mainly by her concern that I will be able to help support her financially during her degree. But I suspect it was also driven by curiosity. I pondered how best to answer her.
正如所有即将跨入大学的年轻人一样,她提出这一疑问,很可能是出于对我能否在她攻读学位期间提供经济支持的担忧。但我怀疑这也受好奇心驱使。我思索着该如何给她最好的答复。
If I answered it outright, how would it affect her? Would she be more or less motivated to work hard at university? Would she be more or less careful about her spending? How would it affect her relationship with me? Would she tell her friends, inevitably ensuring that their parents knew my financial position? Would those parents be pleased, envious or sorry for me? Why should I care?
如果我坦言相告,会对她有怎样的影响?她会有更大还是更少的动力在大学里努力学习?她在消费时会更小心还是更随意?这会如何影响她跟我的关系?她会不会告诉她的朋友,进而不可避免地令她们的父母了解到我的财务状况?那些家长会感到高兴、嫉妒还是为我遗憾?我为什么要在乎这些?
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