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[quote=Anonymous]When he brings home the uneaten lunch, is it because he bought lunch, or because he skipped lunch?

If his activity is a sport, ask the coach to explain the importance of nutrition to the kids, and then work with your son to figure out what works for him. For my sports-playing teenage daughter, that got her to agree to an apple plus a cheese stick for lunch. It's not ideal, but it's better than skipping it entirely.

As for the money, do you give both children the same allowance, or does only your non-working child get an allowance? You need to be equitable, so unless your working child is getting some other benefit, that is a potential problem.

You don't have to make money and budgeting stressful for kids. It's as simple as "this is what we have, this is where it's going. We have no problem meeting the basics and having some left over, but we don't have a lot left over. So when I give you $20 for pizza, there really isn't another $20 where that one came from." If you're in the position of having to skip bills because you can't pay them, it can be stressful and I'd avoid sharing that with a young teen, but for a workable, but tight, budget there's no reason not to share.[/quote]

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