$$: Allowances
Total Spent Today: $48.00
Technically today was a no-spend day because allowances were actually doled out earlier this week. As The Husband is the man with the money, however, I wasn’t party to the allowance payouts. I learned that both kids had collected their allowances when I reminded them that the month was coming to a close and any [...]
A Son’s Epiphany and A Mother’s Lesson
photo credit: Ti H²O
The Son had a financial epiphany recently. As silly as it might seem, it was one of the proudest and most gratifying experiences of my mothering career so far — akin to watching him take his first step or learn to read.
The Son is 14. He has generally shown very little [...]
$$: Surrogate Spending & Lessons Learned by a 16-yo
It being a Monday and me not having a car at my disposal today, I stayed at home and didn’t spend a dime. At least not directly.
The Daughter did a fine job of spending money for me. To be sure, it was her money to spend in that she has about $350 saved up in [...]
$$: Allowance, Fuel, Dining, & Hot Date!
A busy, busy day with but with nothing more than the regular, expected expenditures of a normal day.
Had an appointment with a roofer, logged a couple of volunteer hours at The Son’s homeschool co-op program, took The Son to a corn-maze outing with some friends, and attended the ballet with The Son. Lots of driving [...]
Kids & Money: A 15-yo’s Financials
To my regular readers or those reading through my posts in a chronological manner, I apologize for not following a more linear path when discussing how I’ve handled my approach to children and finances. Events happened recently to bring our current financial policies for The Daughter to the forefront of my thinking. I thought, too, [...]
Day 90: Gutter Balls!
Ninety days! Wow, who’d a’ thunk it — that I would have the stick-to-it-iveness to bore you all with every minute detail of my daily $$ expenditures for three whole months?
As usual, I’ll list the money I spent today but then I’ll also list the household bills that The Husband himself took care of throughout [...]
Why I Don’t Require My Children to Tithe or Make Offerings
Based on what I’ve read in articles and books about children and allowance, encouraging and/or requiring one’s child to set aside a portion of their allowance for charity or tithing is a common practice. I make no judgement on this practice. I respect each parent’s right to choose how to teach their children how to [...]
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