Everyday Family

Parenting, routines and family life told with realism and a bit of humor.

Teaching Kids to Manage Money: A Simple Allowance System That Actually Works

A weekly allowance split into spend, save, and give jars, real dollar amounts by age, and an honest look at whether a kids' banking app is worth the monthly fee.

Ashley Carter · 5 min

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The Allowance Jar and a First Lesson in Saving

My daughter got her first dollar of allowance at seven and had it spent in her head before it hit

Ashley Carter · 2 min

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Allowance and Chores: What We Pay For and What We Don't

We started allowance the year our oldest asked, in the checkout line at Target, why she couldn't just

Ashley Carter · 2 min