tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post5249022976729814639..comments2024-03-29T02:27:06.585+00:00Comments on Penniless Parenting: Teaching My Young Children Important Money LessonsPenniless Parentinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17671140279531925880noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-33679670624038427492015-05-23T05:00:30.319+00:002015-05-23T05:00:30.319+00:00Nice article. Are kids being almost 5 and 3, we ha...Nice article. Are kids being almost 5 and 3, we have not yet talked a lot about money. However, once and a while they just say: go and buy this. We then explain that buying requires money. For them it is not a problem. Money, you get from the bank. quite funny... so we explain them we need to work for the money. They start to understand.<br />On other occasions we explain to the kids that we haveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-21728629957672072572015-05-21T17:53:11.746+00:002015-05-21T17:53:11.746+00:00Great article! I have done similar talking with m...Great article! I have done similar talking with my son, who's now 10. He gets an allowance, but it's small compared to the "$1 per week for each year of your child's age" that I often see as an American standard! He gets $1 to spend, 50c to save, and 20c to share each week. Occasionally he can earn extra by doing a special task, or I'll give him extra money for a Becca @ The Earthlings Handbookhttp://articles.earthlingshandbook.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-80784227618305981352015-05-20T21:24:45.294+00:002015-05-20T21:24:45.294+00:00My LO turned 3 in February and we're now begin...My LO turned 3 in February and we're now beginning to talk about money with her. She has chores and other things around the house as part of what everyone in the family needs to do, but we prefer not to tie chores to money. We're leaning in the direction of giving her an allowance from the family pot of money - her father and I both get a small amount of "fun money" every month.Kayteenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-89517216163486108242015-05-19T23:47:02.564+00:002015-05-19T23:47:02.564+00:00I have a 19 year old and I have tried many things....I have a 19 year old and I have tried many things. <br /><br />One of the things that taught him the most, came from trying to fix a problem. For a while he was terribly anemic, which was compounded by the fact that we have lots of food allergies, and he had a dad and grandparents who let him eat what he wanted for lunch (I have always had to work full time).<br /><br />Dad and grandparents gotPattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03316345355188384564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-27240587478838025362015-05-19T22:22:53.572+00:002015-05-19T22:22:53.572+00:00Iove this! My oldest is 3 so we haven't really...Iove this! My oldest is 3 so we haven't really encountered "money" yet, but your approach is awesome. MamaVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08592074818731602051noreply@blogger.com