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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is happening with the Christmas/birthday loophole here? Why is Christmas/birthday okay but not a random Tuesday?[/quote]

We don't celebrate "random Tuesday" but if you do, go for it.  We do celebrate taco Tuesday occasionally.[/quote]

But the economics are the same. I just don’t get why having your parents buy you things is some sort of moral hazard but it’s okay if they keep it to two times a year. Is the overall budget the same either way? So why not just give them the budget? At the point where Christmas and Birthdays are just a layaway system I no longer get the point. [/quote]

Because there is a fundamental difference between getting gifts on special occasions vs being handed an unearned chunk of money on a weekly or monthly basis. My kids have to do chores to earn an allowance, so are not entitled and have a good sense of work needed to generate income. That is in addition to the beneficial budgeting skills.[/quote]

I guess if the kids pick the presents and all they have to do is wait for the appointed hour it seems like the same thing to me.

I don’t really want my kid to grow up to think about gifts this way. Gifts are a token of love and a display of thoughtfulness, not a special “get out of budget free” day. [/quote]

Part of the point of waiting is that typically they don’t want the ridiculous item by the time the birthday or Christmas rolls around. And it sends the message that it’s a ridiculous item since I only spend my money for that sort of thing for a gift, which I don’t give weekly. [/quote]

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