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To be incredibly proud of my DS and his willpower / savings ability

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theITgirl · 06/09/2011 18:46

BTW he is 10
DS has brought himself the Lego Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle (£80).

This is from pocket money of £2 a week and £15 of birthday money.

It has been his own choice to do this. I just wish I had his willpower,

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Fatshionista · 06/09/2011 18:47

I wish I did too! Good on your DS!

mummymccar · 06/09/2011 18:55

Wow! Well done to your DS! Can he give me any tips? Wink

ThePathanKhansWoman · 06/09/2011 18:57

Brilliant, bodes well for his future, deferred gratification, more power to him!

Hope he gets hours of enjoyment.

theITgirl · 06/09/2011 18:58

He is upstairs now - busy building.

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FabbyChic · 06/09/2011 18:59

Aaaaaw what a great kid, why didnt you offer to go halves i.e he save one half you pay the rest?

Shame he had to save it all on his own.

alarkaspree · 06/09/2011 19:04

Good for him.

(My 5 year old is hoping to save up for the lego death star. It is going to take him almost 5 years!)

Hulababy · 06/09/2011 19:07

Well done to your DS :)

My 9y DD is very similar in that she saves up for something big. She has been saving up for the Harry Potter audio CDs over the past year or so, having got the first as a gift. She got the 3rd as a gift too and bought the others. She is currently half way to saving up for the 5th.

theITgirl · 06/09/2011 19:08

Might have guessed it was you Fabby!

He could have had it as a birthday present, but he wanted a hamster instead.
This year has been quite tight financially so the alternative was food/water/roof.

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theITgirl · 06/09/2011 19:09

Well done to your DD Hulababy.

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ThePathanKhansWoman · 06/09/2011 19:09

Yes Fabby thats right, coz when he wants a car, house trip round the world
of course mum/dad will hand him half Hmm.FFS.

booyhoo · 06/09/2011 19:11

there's always one isn't there? ignore.

well done to your ds. he must be a very focused boy to have held onto the same goal fo all that time!! my ds would have forgotten by lunchtime what he decided to save for at brekfast.

theITgirl · 06/09/2011 19:11

My DD on the other hand is completely the opposite - I have £x what can I get for that. However she is younger, and hopefully she will learn something from this and start saving up herself.

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cat64 · 06/09/2011 19:16

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FabbyChic · 06/09/2011 19:43

I bet he really looks after it too.

CurrySpice · 06/09/2011 19:47

You can always rely on Fabby to find the alternative view, even when there isn't one!

Well done to your DS OP

My DD1 has done similar - saved her birthday money and pocket money and anything she's been given (like money from her nan for a good report) and bought herself a kindle. It is glued to her!

ApocalypseCheeseToastie · 06/09/2011 19:55

Ah, the flabby school of parenting strikes again. Wink

theITgirl · 06/09/2011 20:04

Thanks for your second post Fabby. You are right he will take great care of it.

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MrsRobertDuvall · 06/09/2011 20:27

Well done your ds.
Nothing wrong with saving for something.
We refused to buy ds 12 an xbox.........said buy one yourself.
He has saved most of his £ 15 a month allwance since February, and added his birthday money, and has worked out by October he will have £190.

whackamole · 06/09/2011 20:39

Well done to your DS!

Can I send DSS round for some tips?

ilovesooty · 06/09/2011 21:46

Well done to him!

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