Thursday 29 September 2016

Your daughter lost her savings of $65 that she has been saving up, do you....?


We have three kids. They are 12 yr old, 11 yr old, and 8 yr old. We give them $5 a week of allowance. Together with some gifts and what not, the 8 yr old daughter had accumulated $65, which she planned on using it on her halloween costumes. She, however, lost it the other day when we were out and about. This wasn't the first time that she has "lost" her wallet. All the other two times, we managed to find it.My take is that we tell her it's too bad she lost all her savings and that she should have been more careful about it. My other half thinks I'm being unemotional and heavy-handed.As a parent, do you... 1.) Tell her it sucks she lost her money, so that she will learn how valuable money is. And that she can live by on a homemade halloween costume. Or 2.) Secretly ask her grandparents to send her $20 because she lost all her savings, even though this is unfair for the other two kids who are being responsible (i.e. not losing it, not necessarily saving it).Let the voting begin. via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2dbhl7z

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