We (well, I) have switched up the way we do allowances a couple times. We did lists and x amount per chore for a while there and then we switched to 1/2 of their age in dollars a week. They get their allowance each week if they do what they are asked with out fights and so far they are doing pretty well with the exception of some Saturday's not wanting to clean bathrooms. They each save 20% to give and to save each week and I plan on sometime here (when I get around to it) taking them to the bank to open a savings account that we will put their 20% in maybe every few months. After they put 20% away, they get to keep the rest and Zach likes to save his up and "bask" in it LOL! The other night when I went into his room for nightly reading and a journal question, he wanted to show it all to me. He was so silly, but it's fun getting to spend time with him. He had money under his bed and I told him he should probably put it into the "safe" he bought for his money, so he was reaching under his bed excited to find MORE than he thought he had. He talks about saving up for this or that. He's made a couple purchases on his own and at our last trip to Smith's where he got a Lego set, he had to put back another thing he wanted because he didn't have enough. The man behind me commented to me that I was doing the right thing making him putting it back and teaching him that lesson (because his daughter spends what she doesn't have LOL). It's always nice to get those nice comments as reminders that these little lessons in life are what will "hopefully" help them in the future.
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