" We cannot protect our children from life, but we can prepare them for life. We can teach
our children to respect money and to choose their belongings and possessions with care.
How much we can afford is not the issue. The issue is wastefulness and lack of thought
about what we are given. Affluence implies responsibility and an understanding that
surplus is for sharing with those who are less fortunate. "

― , Montessori from the Start: The Child at Home, from Birth to Age Three