What To Do In A Fiscal Family Emergency
An emergency in the family might be every mother's nightmare. We have a responsibility to keep our family safe and if we encounter an emergency in the family, it can feel like we've failed in some way shape or form - of course, we have not - but it certainly feels like that. No family wants to encounter an emergency, but through our actions - or inaction - we will encounter emergencies. However, our true ability shines through in how we deal with and prevent these emergencies. Many family emergencies will deal with health - however, we are here to talk about finances today - because many families might not be aware of the impact that finances have on family life. Finances can ensure the security and health of a family, and a family that runs into financial issues will see itself worry about its security and its health. Financial emergencies can be a huge source of stress for any kind of family, and in most circumstances a financial emergency is avoidable.
But what do you do if you find yourself confronting a fiscal emergency in the family? It could be healthcare costs, it could be rising debts. No matter the type of fiscal emergency that your family finds itself confronting, you’ve got to do your best as a parent to take it down. Unfortunately, most of your arsenal is going to be limited when a fiscal emergency arises in the family - because most of it is based around preparing for the emergency so it doesn’t catch you by surprise. If an emergency catches you by surprise, your reactions will be heavily limited - as we said, you want as much weapons as possible to confront a financial emergency, and you get those through doing one thing. Preparing.
The best thing to do to confront any kind of fiscal emergency is to prepare for it. You might be thinking right now that you can’t predict an emergency - and while that’s true - you can’t predict the type of emergency that might unfold in your home, but you certainly can predict that there will be an emergency of some kind, you just won’t know the exact type of emergency. That doesn’t mean you cannot prepare, though. Preparation for an emergency is key to tackling it. Emergency prep is serious business in the family as it truly can make the difference between ‘sink or swim’. If you want your family to be safe and secure, you’ll need to one thing - and that’s prepare. If you do not prepare, you are going to be caught out and you’ll seriously limit your chance of emerging out the other side of the situation unscathed.
Preparing for a financial emergency is best actioned by saving up. If you can save up six month’s worth of paychecks, you’ll put your family in a really good position of defeating the emergency. Of course, six months of paychecks is going to be a huge amount of money, after all it’s going to be about half your yearly income, so you might feel a bit uneasy when you hear that number. That’s natural, it’s a lot of money to put away. It can be done, and even if you have not reached your target amount, you are still working towards getting there - meaning anything you have saved up by the time an emergency arrives can go towards surviving that emergency - whatever it is. That’s key - as long as you are putting money away, you’re doing something proactive to prepare which is a world better than sitting on your hands and waiting around. You’re being a fantastic parent if you’re doing this.
Saving up is hard work - but it’s possible to save up any kind of sum, you just need time and money. If you can budget and cut down in any kind of area to maximize your savings, do so. You’ll give yourself the best chance of saving cash up. Part of this involves being sensible and avoiding debt - not exactly impossible, but difficult. We can access amazing tools for money like loans, payday loans, and credit cards - but we must be sensible since we can rack up debt and ruin any chance of saving up to avoid an emergency.
While the kids are young - fiscal responsibilities fall on the shoulders of the parents. More can be done by the kids when they start to work, but one of the biggest responsibilities of a parent will be to guide the kids through life safely - and that includes defeating and confronting a fiscal emergency, no matter what it is.
