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Originally Posted by kealina
i will say one thing about helping children out... please try to help out fairly... you shouldn't reward irresponsibility and punish responsibility...both DH and I are natural savers so our parents just didnt' give us as much help as they gave to our spendy siblings... it truly does suck to watch them drink starbucks, jamba juice,buy new clothes, nice things, etc and get hundreds (if not thousands) more than you were given just because you were willing to work harder and sacrafice more... i don't know wheter that means giving out equal amounts or giving more to those that are responsible... i guess that's something that has to be decided by us sometime in the future...
i honestly think that me and DH are more likely to reward the more responsible child a little bit extra vs. just giving all chidren completely equal amounts, although we will try to make sure they all get some help from us...
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EXCELLENT POINT!
My parents were constantly sending my sister money because she 'needed' more help. Basically she just 'wasted' more than I did.