One more for me because I don't want to forget:
I've been trying to get my kids to appreciate the value of a dollar because well, they're spoiled, as most kids are. But I was beginning to feel they were getting to the "I'm entitled" mindset, and I'm not ok with that. So when Mac asked me for a dollar the other day I said no, that he needed to earn it. He helped with some chores without being asked the other day and with a cheerful attitude so I surprised him with a dollar. He takes the dollar, smells it and says, "Mama, I LOVE the smell of money!"
Not quite the reaction I was hoping for. But I do think he appreciated it. :)
3 comments:
Oh no, I bet he'll listen next time! And I'm with you on the earning money thing. Towns was saving up for a DS until J found one that had been left in a rental car. She's still having to save up to buy everything that goes with it, though. Cate's already learning...she plunders around everywhere to find money just because it's fun to drop in her piggy bank. She and Mac are on the same page...he likes the way it smells and she likes the jingle it makes! And I'm finding that they're much less eager to spend it when it's money they've saved up on their own! :)
Haha! sometimes they have to learn the hard way! ;)
ahhh... the blissful ignorance of childhood, when you thought money smelled good instead of thinking of all of the thousands of NASTY places that that dollar bill has possibly been...
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