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Head on over to Mommy Snacks and check out Part Deux of my article talking about the allowance system we created for our teenage son!
I actually wrote it a couple of months ago (as you may notice since when you read it and I refer to the Winter Season!) and it’s interesting for me to [...]
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I do think it’s important for kids to start learning to manage their own money while still under their parent’s roof. That being said, I’ve never been keen on the idea of paying my kids to do chores that I believe they should do simply because they are a part of the family and therefore [...]
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I decided it’d be better not to wait for it to stop snowing before getting a head start on shoveling the driveway. Ah! Nothing like getting the heart rate up with a snow shovel and a little frigid, fresh air! Who needs to pay for a gym?
I wasn’t even halfway done when Conner got home [...]
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I recently started an allowance system with our 6yo and 4yo. Rather than just giving them $1 every week just for the sake of giving them a dollar, I decided to tie it to chores, making the allowance more like a commission. (I got this idea listening to Dave Ramsey, by the way, which you [...]
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Our recent dilemma with our 13yo has been how to answer this question. Over the years we have gone back and forth on it, mostly being fickle and inconsistent not only about how much to allot but whether to even give an allowance at all.
I never had an allowance growing up. Neither did my husband. [...]
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