tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008686199124775344.post2107516671968226433..comments2023-03-17T03:12:06.222-05:00Comments on The Lean Mean Machine who is Paying For My Past: Financial Lessons for the 8 yr. oldIn Debthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09711651081430375087noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008686199124775344.post-61378183861343809732010-07-20T09:41:39.070-05:002010-07-20T09:41:39.070-05:00that is awesome - we too have paid chores... and d...that is awesome - we too have paid chores... and dd is pretty good about spending her own money when she wants something.... super important thing to teach our children for sure!!!jpkittiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16042638265207370788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008686199124775344.post-52725386762279382922010-07-20T07:31:16.276-05:002010-07-20T07:31:16.276-05:00No flaming here! We do this kind of negotiations ...No flaming here! We do this kind of negotiations all the time, on a daily basis. It even gets down to the micro-level - if we are stopping by a fast food and I have agreed to buy everyone a $1 item, one son may say that he'd like to upgrade his to a meal. He offers to pay the difference for that upgrade - and he does!<br /><br />It's to the point that they apologize if I "have to" buy them some things (have I overdone it? Nah...) and I reassure them with humor that I consider it my job to buy them sheets, shoes, school supplies, etc. and I do not want them to pay for certain things. I'm really lucky that they are boys (this may be part of my luck) and don't ask for lots of things (except the 18 year old who is starting to want a lot of things but knows he has to pay for those things and doesn't even want to ask anyone else to pay for them - hmmm... my lessons may have paid off with this evidence of ethics development in him)<br /><br />But when they want some fancy auxiliary school supply that is not required or necessary, they pay for it themselves.444https://www.blogger.com/profile/18317761558076527630noreply@blogger.com