Comments on: Does Spending a Lot of Money Make You a Better Parent? http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2008/09/03/102266_does-spending-a-lot-of-money-make-you-a-better-parent.html Bridging the gap between saving money and investing Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:45:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Miranda http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2008/09/03/102266_does-spending-a-lot-of-money-make-you-a-better-parent.html/comment-page-1#comment-418032 Miranda Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:22:29 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2008/08/30/102266_does-spending-a-lot-of-money-make-you-a-better-parent.html#comment-418032 Great post! I agree that it is important to sometimes say "no." This realization came when our son announced that we could "just buy a new one" if one of his toys broke. Now, with our son, we have him save up his allowance money (after tithing and savings) and contribute to expensive toys that he wants. We also talk about choices and priorities. And my husband and I have started talking about making money choices in front of him -- and including him when appropriate -- so that he sees that even mommy and daddy need to budget and set priorities. And sometimes even we don't always get what we want. Great post! I agree that it is important to sometimes say “no.” This realization came when our son announced that we could “just buy a new one” if one of his toys broke.

Now, with our son, we have him save up his allowance money (after tithing and savings) and contribute to expensive toys that he wants. We also talk about choices and priorities. And my husband and I have started talking about making money choices in front of him — and including him when appropriate — so that he sees that even mommy and daddy need to budget and set priorities. And sometimes even we don’t always get what we want.

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