My teenage son spends money like water. Any tips for teaching him the value of saving money?

Hi! First of all, your blessed he is a hard worker. Very blessed. If he is skiing, he is doing something constructive as well as the constructive jobs! This is another blessing! If this is a "first" set of jobs...my personal advice...let him spend it. There will come a time when, he doesn't have enough for something that he wants...your mistake will be...if YOU GIVE him the money he needs at that time if he is short funds!!! I have raised 4 children. I married at 16, I am now 56. I have a 39 yr old Nurse practitoner daughter, with twins age 6 who spent all of her money, a 37 yr old Mortgage Administrator who saved hers, and a 35 yr old son who never could seem to find a job. He now is a Senior VP of a new division of HSBC Mortgage that they CREATED just for HIM to run, called Global Mortage Security, he has established the format fromt the bottom up, computers, the networks for HSBC all over the world to keep the mortgage divisions security, secure, and is still working on it and is in charge. He saves, and is responsible. My 19 yr old son, had his first job and spent every red cent just as your's is doing, speakers for his car, a new snowboard when the old one was just fine, new snowboard boots when his feet were still growing, (he should have rented them till his feet stopped growing but that was not cool!) his dad bought him a car...so all accessories for the car. Clothes, important of course, they want to look good...and NOW, at 19 and in college, he saves, takes 19 credit hours, lives with dad cuz its close to school, won't take a dime from him, except for tuition and he is in a community college cuz he does NOT want to waste money as he is not sure what he wants to do yet, (graduated 4 yrs high honors from HS, even though we went though a couple yrs of pot and counseling!, read my stuff on advice on drugs!) and he is a super kid working 42 hrs a week taking 18 credit hours and will change schools when he gets the basics over at the "cheap" school as he calls it...when he knows what he wants to do. Won't waste Dad's money. He still buys things...just put new speakers in the car...smaller more conservative ones(he didnt have a trunk with the woofer he had before! lol) and he travels a bit now. So chill mom, your son will be fine. Just don't give him money when he runs out cuz he spent it all! That is the big key! I raised all 4 of mine on a limited income. I didn't have it to give to them, so they learned themselves. They knew they couldn't ask me...I didn't have it. Parents with money make the mistake of giving cuz they want the kids to LOVE them more as teenagers often seem difficlult and seem like they sometimes don't like their parents. So we try to comensate. OH I did it, when I could! I am not, not guilty! Hey, I sold jewelry to give my kids money cuz I thought they hated me and needed it to go to the prom! I thought she would hate me! They are gonna love anyway...they grow out of that "dislike" parents stage, believe me! He will learn. Just be careful in "giving" too much! Hope you did not take this wrong. Raising 3 before I was 21 was tough...I was a kid myself. The last one I had at 38, I was more mature, I knew more then, it was easier...but I still made many many mistakes and still do. God Bless!