read this quote again and please tell me a light bulb turned on in your head.I have extreme guilt over spending alot of money too.
you getting the lesson now?Problably why I dont understand this lesson so well
Are they not the samewow you beat me to it sort of. lol
if you have a mind of a entrepeneur,, I must have the mind of a conman,
lol! I believe your correctAre they not the same
lmao,yeah there should of been some rules...my wife, my son and i all sat down and talked. so the deal was made with the understanding he was going to the mall. he never made it to the mall so we split things up. we figured he should have spent about 20 at the movies. since he didn't i gave him 20 bucks. so now he has 75. my wife says it's now gonna be her job to keep him from spending it.
i offered him more money to help me in the yard and he said "no, i'm cool for now".
he's so damn adorable.
If you put your money in a good CD, it earns good money...but you can't spend it....so you earn money...by not spending money....what a fucking concept.im not insulting fdd at all. i think he can be very smart. but this little "experiment" goes in the face of what I have learned from my parents and my grandmother. You have to earn what you get, and getting more money as a reward for not spending money is just stupid. Either way the kid gets paid. How about you say you'll cover the cost of the ticket, and if he does what he is supposed to at home, you'll not only cover the cost of the ticket, but double what you give him.
I think a better lesson would be for him to earn the money he is given. and thats all the money he gets to get for x amount of time. He has to learn how to prioritize and budget that way.
I learned how to budget and save because my parents wouldn't give me SHIT so I had to multiply my money by playing with flowerswell shit, giving him hella money isnt really going to do that. If anything, give him 54 bucks and say "this is all you will get to spend on whatever you want for three weeks. make it last"
i learned how to budget and save because i always had to save up money to go places, get the things I wanted. And if my parents did give me money, it would be the only money I would have for like two months. Sure learned not to spend my money on stupid things that way
Exactly, if you've got some money, and no plan to spend it, and a kid in front of you that could learn something from it...There you goIf he has the means to teach his kid a $54-$108 dollar life lesson so be it.
My parents never taught me anything about money or credit and to this day I'm horrible with cash.
You just sound bitter and jealous.
It does teach something. He learned to be thrifty as shit. I bet he tries to spend $3 at a time FOREVER now.im not bitter or jealous, i just think its a foolish waste of money. but thats how I was brought up. It helps growing up worrying about money, taught me to be careful with it after watching my dad go up and down in his financial situation. this 54 dollar lesson doesnt teach shit
COULD be taught another way...im just trying to be practical. 54 bucks isnt cheap. thats alot of money to teach a lesson which could easily be taught another way. and if he doesnt know what kind of man his son is by now, im doubting this will show him the kind of man his son is.
i would be tickled fucking pink if it only cost me $108 to teach my kid a money lesson...Urca, the kid doesn't spend money=the kid gets more money, uhhhh i think thats a pretty good lesson on saving and prioritizing right there...that kid was watching every penny he spent tonight, i promise. thats genius fdd
That would have been crazy, when I was first reading I didn't think he would come back with more at allcome home with 80 bucks.
get all his friends to pool in their cash.
so many ways this could go.
Not "Short Term" now he wants to spend less to have more...Good lessoni cant see his point because it just makes no sense. its a short term lesson where there is no negitive outcome.
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOLhe just walked in the door, ....
... he has 55 dollars.
I'm confused here... ...If you put your money in a good CD, it earns good money...but you can't spend it....so you earn money...by not spending money....what a fucking concept.
i do it everytime lolR.i.u *.....^^
I do it sometimes
yes, you may.Can I come do that yard work for cash?
Awesome!i'm just sitting here, giggling.
he had 4 dollars in his wallet already. they went in during matinee hours and stayed for 2 movies. his friends insisted on paying for everything. he only spent 3 dollars of his own money. i am going to be a man of my word and give him 54 dollars.
i love my son.
the mall is lame anyways! these week long vacays from school huh? parents worst nightmare.though he never did go to the mall.
maybe i'll just let him keep the 55 he already has. he has this next week off from school for the holiday. he can work in the yard with me for the other 54.