I really couldn't believe my eyes, when my "I have to spend it now" daughter decided , on her own, to return a $6 bath wash at WalMart, saying "I guess we really don't need this."
I'd just put my spendaholic family on notice that we were going to have to go on a monthly budget, all the bills paid based on all the $$ coming in for the month, and then we take out food (up from $100 a week to $130) and gas (up from $60 a week to $100) will be factored in to. We play with what's left. This includes $10 a week for allowance for J., a $30 a week entertainment budget and 10 percent for charities.
Apparently, she was listening. I'm amazed.
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Ouch. The whole money thing is so tough with kids. It sounds like you're dong something right in that department -- but it can't be easy at any age.
Well, she does seem to "get it." She put something back at the store just now, again a $6 frou frou soap item.
I think it helps if she goes over the checkbook with me while paying the bills, so we can hear that sucking sound together.
At the same time, if she puts a little bit away, each time in her account, she can actually see it grow (if she doesn't spend it on a Abercrombie shirt first).
BC
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