“Money used to burn a hole in his pocket”
by Leslie
From our mailbag…
From time to time, we receive emails from members who tell us about their experience with Active Allowance. We received this one yesterday:
Dear Leslie and Harvey,Our family has been using Active Allowance for 2 months now, and things are going so well that I’ve been talking about your program constantly - at work, with family, with friends…
One of my friends has a blended family with 5 kids ranging in ages from 15 to 2-1/2. Consistency and accountability is always an issue in their house because of fluctuating visitation schedules, and my friend is hoping that Active Allowance will be their answer. I spent two hours with her last night helping her with setting up the checklists and budgets - they get started tomorrow (Monday). Even the 2-1/2 year old has a checklist of his own so he can be a part of it, too!
The difference in my household is amazing - we rarely have to remind the kids of their responsibilities anymore, and they get after me every Sunday evening to get their new lists printed out for Monday morning.
I recently had a day out with my 11-year old son, and he’d taken some of his “Fun Money” with him to spend. At one point, he was debating between buying two different items - finally putting them both back on the shelf. He said, “Mom, I can’t decide, so I guess I won’t buy either one.” No pouting or disappointment, just the realization that he didn’t want either thing bad enough to spend his hard-earned money on. And this was my “spender” - money used to burn a hole in his pocket.
Before Active Allowance, I probably would have bought one or both of the things for him - so I saved, too! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Michelle
Well you made my day! It’s results like yours that make this so much fun and rewarding for all of us here at Active Allowance, and especially for Harvey and me! Thanks so much for sharing how things are going. And double thanks for passing on the good word!
Leslie