3 Smart Ways to Grow Your Child’s HongBao Money

Jan 19, 2022

Financial literacy and saving for a rainy day is a life skill that you, as parents, should start teaching your young children.

If you celebrate Chinese New Year, then the custom of giving cash “hongbao” or “red packets” is a good opportunity to teach kids about money management.

Parents can introduce the concept of saving and spending by showing young children how you apportion their hongbao money into ”spend” and “save” jars. For example, 70% goes into the “save” jar while the child can spend the remaining 30%. This teaches them to prioritise saving while providing a reasonable reward.

However, instead of leaving the hongbao money stagnant in the “save” jar, parents can actively grow the hongbao money for their children in three ways: a bank savings account, insurance endowments and investing.

Bank savings account

This is a safe traditional option to grow their money in a passive manner. But with low interest rates and rising inflation, you may actually be losing rather than growing your money.

Insurance endowments

Endowment insurance plans are locked up for many years until your child reaches a certain age. While it provides insurance protection, returns are likely to be eroded by high insurance charges and sales commissions. The minimum entry amount is also in the thousands.

Investments

With investing, the myth is that you need a large sum of money and good investment knowledge to start. The truth is to start early.

Any experienced investor can tell you that investing early, with regular top ups and staying invested for a longer time should see better returns than waiting to accumulate a large sum and timing the market.

Investing early will capture the power of compounding returns. For example, if you invest $1,000 for a young child and assuming 7-15% returns, it will grow to $3,379.93-$12,375.45 after 18 years! Surely, that’s better than the traditional savings account?

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