tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788937665884473331.post6755710392383930645..comments2023-04-06T04:41:14.390-07:00Comments on The Curriculum of Love: Let's talk about moneySarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07884797351411470248noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788937665884473331.post-60528494785424696512010-09-08T23:55:34.513-07:002010-09-08T23:55:34.513-07:00She gets $18 a month (it's $1 per week per yea...She gets $18 a month (it's $1 per week per year of age rounded up to the nearest number divisible by 3) and has to put 1/3 in savings, 1/3 in "sharing" and then she can spend 1/3, so right now she has $6 per month to spend at her discretion. It's not much, but it goes far at Goodwill, and we've begun to work out some ways to make saving for longer periods more worthwhile (like us contributing half the money for something if she saves the other half). For a long time this was kind of silly, since she'd spend all $6 immediately, but she has recently been talking much more about saving for things, and has held back portions of her allowance. <br /><br />I also realized that for her, seeing is wanting, so we now have a household policy of not taking the girls into any stores unless it's totally necessary. I shop by myself on weekends now, or take the girls to a shop if there's a specific purpose for taking them. We don't get catalogs, and when she begins to use the Internet she won't have access to sites that are selling merchandise. It sounds harsh, but even with these changes in place she's still exposed to toys and liable to obsess about things she's seen and wants. We're just trying to shift the focus to experiences that don't cost anything but feel good...like time outdoors and with friends and family. <br /><br />It's hard, though!Katehttp://terribleperfect.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788937665884473331.post-71176291276930351002010-09-07T16:08:04.547-07:002010-09-07T16:08:04.547-07:00HI Sara,
We have a base amount that our daughter ...HI Sara,<br /><br />We have a base amount that our daughter gets for generally being a good kid and helping out with stuff we all do. Then she get's a rate of pay (1$/hr) for special tasks like helping in the garden, brushing her sister's teeth every night (she loves that one), matching socks, taking care of her puppy. We also have a "buy something new, trade something old" rule -- which doesn't work very well, as most of what she would get rid of we end up keeping for her sister anyway. Something we really want to work on but don't have the slightest idea how...is the whole subject of entitlement (for ourselves as well I think).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com