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	<title>Mommy Points &#187; Allowance</title>
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		<title>What Sort of Allowance Does a Child Movie Star Get?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, if you are Abigail Breslin you get $13 per week.  The 13 year old Academy Award nominated actress makes $2 million per film and was recently ranked eighth in Forbes magazine&#8217;s list of &#8220;Young Hollywood&#8217;s Top-Earning Stars.

And guess what?  She also has to do chores.  Next time my children complain I am going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Allowance</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you?  Don&#8217;t you?  Is it tied to chores? How much? And what are they expected to do with their money?
These are some of the questions that all parents think about.  And stress over.  We all want to teach our chidlren personal responsibility.  We all want to instill a good work ethic  in our children.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Money Mistakes Parents Make</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post recently had an article about the the top three money missteps that parents make with their children.  This was in response to a different article that appeared in the NY Times in which teenagers at an affluent private school in Manhattan were interviewed regarding their spending habits during this economic down turn.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rewards</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=171</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We had a huge snow, turned rain, turned slush, turned frozen wasteland st0rm come through this past week.
It was really awful to deal with.  Shoveling slush, because the snowblower can&#8217;t handle it, is heavy and back breaking work.  My 13 and 10 yr old sons helped me (Not to self: Buy more shovels [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Age Should Allowance Start?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allowance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At what age did you start allowance? Mine are 4 and 2. In your universe I&#8217;d give $ to my 4 yo, what about the 2 yo? What happens when 4 yo wants to spend his money and 2 yo doesn&#8217;t have any? Argh, the complications &#8230; right now no one gets anything 
Well, my 3 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Allowance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh there are so many differing schools of thought on allowance.  Whether or not it should be tied to chores, just given freely, or even if it should be given at all.
I think that having a small amount of money is helpful in teaching them how to budget and save for things.
At my house allowance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bank Statements</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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Some people have expressed a desire to see what the bank statements look like that we give our children.
This is a photo of one belonging to my 10 year old son.
Everything is itemized the way that it would be in a real bank statement.  He received [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Saving</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 02:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Linda left a comment in this post about encouraging her children to save their allowance by matching the money they put into their savings account.  Sort of like a matching 401K plan that most corporations offer their employees.  I like this idea.
I do wonder though if there are restrictions of how long the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should Allowance be Tied To Chores</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/children/should-allowance-be-tied-to-chores/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boy, this is a tough one isn&#8217;t it.  Even the experts don&#8217;t agree on this.
On the one hand, we are all a family, a team, and we should all work together as one to keep things running smoothly.  No one gets paid for doing nothing.
On the other hand, don&#8217;t kids need some sort [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Giving</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/saving/the-importance-of-giving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was my son&#8217;s birthday this weekend.  With seven kids we don&#8217;t need to have big fancy parties.  We are our own party.
We have some traditions that we carry out with every birthday.  The first of which is a treasure hunt.  I make up silly rhymes, write them on index cards [...]]]></description>
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