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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My teens each get $300/mo but we own a small business consider some of it their pay for doing office cleaning about 2hrs/wk each. (Mopping, sweeping, breaking down boxes, taking out the trash, etc) They rotate days.

They pay for their own gas (we pay for cars and insurance), entertainment expenses, anything that is a want and not a need. We almost never give them any other $ throughout the month.

Works well for us so far. [/quote]

You are raising good kids. The poster above who gives her son money for golf dates is raising a little prick, but she doesn’t know it yet. It’s not just whether you have the money or not, it’s whether you want to set a tone of having to work for things in life. Golf is not a necessity. Acting like it is is so cringe I can barely believe this mom isn’t a troll. I want my kids to have good values and work ethic and so do the other parents I know. [/quote]

Holy cow! I’m the prick? Reread your post.

nobody said the budget was a necessity.

How is working in the summer, having great grades, volunteering, and doing a school sport not having a work ethic?

Y’all grew up in some generation that things you guys should never do anything fun or spend any money having fun.  No wonder everybody’s kids are in on Prozac.

Touch grass.

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‘Touch grass’?
Y’all?

As I suspected, you’re likely from modest means or not well educated and this is your UMC flex. You’re not helping your kid, just so you know. [/quote]

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