We pay money in every month, and it gets topped up by birthday/Christmas and by healthy injections from my wonderful in-laws.
Every now and then we encourage the dc to spend some of their pocket money on toys/treats they want. Dh has just realised that I don't actually then transfer money out of their accounts into ours.
We're at a bit of an impasse with this. He says we aren't teaching them the value of money.I say they have no idea how much they have (it's in the high hundreds so I'm not telling them) so the idea if spending their 'isn't cash is enough. Also, every so often they'll be given cash by grandparents or other relatives that just gets subsumed into the house spends (we are not terribly organised and if there's a fiver laying around someone will nab it to buy milk or bread etc) so I reckon it evens out.
Mainly though, I like to treat them.
What do you think? Aibu? Kids are 11, nearly 10 and 2. No access to their own savings, it all goes through me.
AIBU?
to not take spent pocket money out of their accounts?
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