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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]hell to the no
My kid would be:
She will return
All by herself 
And she would take a Dave Ramsey course on the weekends[/quote]

:roll:  :roll:  dramatic much  It doesn't sound like OP had a discussion with her DD about what's allowed and how to spend money. So I'd start there.[/quote]

That's an interesting take.

How about the fact that this kid has zero money of her own and going into a store, automatically thinks $400 is a perfectly acceptable amount to spend. Sounds like she thinks it's Monopoly money.[/quote]

It sounds like she was allowed to use the card for dinner, etc? The OP seemed to think spending $100 at Sephora would have been fine but spending $400 was way too much and I don’t see how the kid would have known that without being told. That’s a pretty fine line. [/quote]

+1. It’s really not that hard to spend $400 at Sephora. My parents gave me a credit card when I was in HS too on the understanding that it would be used for reasonable expenses (like getting pizza after going to the movies, lunch out once or twice a week, and yes, occasional shopping at the mall). They never gave me a specific dollar amount but I deduced “reasonable” from their spending habits.

If OP is generally wealthy and hasn’t had a specific conversation with DD,[b] I can see how maybe $400 wouldn’t seem like a crazy amount to a teenager.[/b] Especially if it’s only 4-5 things. I’d just be more clear about it, OP. Like establish that $100 is the budget for shopping trips with friends. And if you can afford it, just let it go this time.[/quote]

My teenagers would know that is 2 weeks worth of groceries, so they'd have context to know that's a lot of damn money. [/quote]

Even if you're wealthy your kids need to learn the value of money so they can STAY wealthy. [/quote]

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