Thinking like this is why very few people invest.
For a kid who has a few thousand pesos worth of savings, putting it in a few blue chip stocks will see his money double in about a decade. Putting it in a bank would have it depreciate drastically over the same period, while spending it excessively on toys would have the money disappear instantly.
Even less worrisome is putting the money in a mutual fund. Less potential for growth but most likely to still beat inflation even if you choose a conservative approach (primarily bonds).
Imagine the power of compounding if a kid put 100 pesos per month as well as a fraction of his Christmas loot into investments from age 10. I wish my parents taught me that when I was a kid. Unfortunately, to this day they are still uneducated when it comes to investment vehicles.
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