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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My tweens never carry cash but they have Apple pay on their phones and they never go anywhere without their phones. Almost all of their friends are similar.

DD and her best friend go back and forth with treating. DD will buy Starbucks today and BFF with buy Starbucks the next time. They have done it this way so they can collect more stars, ha.

Finances are not an issue for us, so if I'm out with the kids I will often pay for everyone. I did not grow up with that type of luxury! When I was teen, if I didn't have money when my friends were eating out, I would sometimes borrow money to get something and pay the person back or bum some fries from someone. I don't remember parents ever paying for everyone back then. The world was much more savage in the 90s! I remember being invited to a bday party at a laser tag place where my parents and I misunderstood the invite. We thought games were being covered by the host. They were not. Everyone in attendance got 1 free game and then needed cash for additional games. I had enough money for 1 additional game and then I and a few others sat in the party room and hung out while the others played more games. I don't think a scenario like that would happen today as society has morphed into a nicer place where there's a big emphasis on fairness and evenness for all. [/quote]

How do tweens have money for starbucks?? You guys must give better allowances than me. Or my kids would just rather save up for clothes than starbucks I guess.[/quote]

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