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Originally Posted by longnecker
No $100 would not cover it. It would give the child a sense of having to pay for his expenses though.
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But why do you think children have to pay their expenses? Isn't that part of parenting, covering a child's financial needs? I suppose I understand if a teen has to work to help support the family but just to teach then a lesson about giving money to someone who doesn't need it I don't.
Mine never worked until college, they are all financially responsible. The two in college pay all of their own expenses except cell phone. And during the summer their internships cover their insurance for the year. But to be honest if a great but unpaid internship came up, than I would not ask them to give it up just to work.
It's an ROI, thing, with the goal being financially well off young adults.