{"id":1298,"date":"2010-06-07T09:50:35","date_gmt":"2010-06-07T16:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heatherbarton.com\/?p=1298"},"modified":"2025-11-03T10:04:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T17:04:30","slug":"kids-and-money-its-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heatherbarton.com\/?p=1298","title":{"rendered":"Kids and Money – Its working"},"content":{"rendered":"

So my system of teaching my kids about money is working.\u00a0 The oldest (almost 13\u00a0 now) can’t wait to get a job and make money.\u00a0 The middle one was so excited about a field trip at school he woke up early, got ready so fast he was bored and decided to DO CHORES.\u00a0 Independently!\u00a0\u00a0 I was so\u00a0 impressed I raised his allowance!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

And the youngest (who’s managed to somehow inherit my ability to say the funniest things!) … well, he did this.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

On the way home in the early am from a play date one Saturday (the kids think I go to the gym 7 days a week now at the crack of dawn before they get up.) I saw a garage sale sign at the end of our block.\u00a0 It listed video games as one of the things for sale.\u00a0 So when I got home I asked who wanted to walk down with me and see if they had anything to buy.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The oldest and the youngest agreed and the 3 of us trudged down the hill to see the wares of the garage sale.\u00a0 The oldest was disappointed that the video games were all for a system he didn’t have.\u00a0 But the youngest found a little water ring toss game he thought was cool.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“How much\u00a0 is this, Mom?”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“I don’t know, maybe you should ask them.” <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Conor finds the teenage son selling the stuff and boldly interrupts.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“Excuse me, how much is this ring toss game?”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“Fifty cents.”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I watched Conor get crestfallen at the news and I grinned.\u00a0\u00a0 ‘Cuz I knew it wasn’t what you would think.\u00a0 Most would assume he didn’t have enough money for the game.\u00a0 I knew he had several dollars in his wallet, but what he did not have was “fifty cents.”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“Do you give change?”\u00a0 He asked with just a worried note in his voice. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The guy heard, “Do you have change” and said, “Oh yea sure.”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Conor smiled big… just amazed at his good fortune!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

You should see how excited he gets when he realizes he’d get a penny if he bought something for $1.99.. He’ll marvel, “They’ll GIVE me a penny!… For Free!”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n


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