by Nucks » Sun Feb 12, 2017 3:08 pm
Guest wrote:Ask your daughter what she wants to do. Does she want to go and earn some money this summer or not? I think it would be really good for her. With minimal supervision.
I found my daughter a job on a market after she kept moaning about wanting to earn some money. I told her, and she said. "I wouldn't be caught dead working on a market." Were close but in that instant I knew I'd spoiled her too much.
Needless to say. They'll be no more expensive lipsticks or clothes.
We were talking about it today, she's definitely up for it. I think it would be good for her, and she likes the idea of earning her own money. She gets a set allowance each month, and she can only spend a certain amount on sweets/soda. She often wants to buy clothes, as do most teen girls I imagine, but it can get costly when they want branded gear like Nike shoes. When she knows she wants something beyond what her allowance will afford, she will often ask me to keep money aside because she knows she'll just spend it.
I then add it onto the next month. Of course kids need new clothes occasionally anyway, and she does get that, but she recognises now what is extra and knows I'm not splashing out every month on clothing.
[quote="Guest"]Ask your daughter what she wants to do. Does she want to go and earn some money this summer or not? I think it would be really good for her. With minimal supervision.
I found my daughter a job on a market after she kept moaning about wanting to earn some money. I told her, and she said. "I wouldn't be caught dead working on a market." Were close but in that instant I knew I'd spoiled her too much.
Needless to say. They'll be no more expensive lipsticks or clothes.[/quote]
We were talking about it today, she's definitely up for it. I think it would be good for her, and she likes the idea of earning her own money. She gets a set allowance each month, and she can only spend a certain amount on sweets/soda. She often wants to buy clothes, as do most teen girls I imagine, but it can get costly when they want branded gear like Nike shoes. When she knows she wants something beyond what her allowance will afford, she will often ask me to keep money aside because she knows she'll just spend it. :gigglesnshit: I then add it onto the next month. Of course kids need new clothes occasionally anyway, and she does get that, but she recognises now what is extra and knows I'm not splashing out every month on clothing.