SpoilersThe Hedgehog From Hell says: "I shared a house in England with a couple of Germans in 1999. I was watching Star Trek: Deep Space 9 on BBC2. One came into the room and saw Jadzia Dax on the screen and said 'Oh! Is she still alive? You're really far behind in this country.' What's been ruined for you, and how? Apart from QOTW, obviously"
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 6 Jun 2013, 13:29)
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As some of you may know from some of my other long, rambling postsI am a father to an amazingly smart & beautiful 9 yo. daughter.
My wife and I occasionally disagree on our parenting methods.
Her mum tends to bring her something home every time she goes out. And if the pair of them go shopping?
Well, woe-betide our household budget!
Me? I tend more to the conservative - my daughter does chores (taking out the recycling etc.) for which she earns a modest amount of pocket money. I encourage her to save this money in a piggy bank (and a bank account for larger sums such as birthdays etc.).
Every now and then her and I go shopping and she has the opportunity to spend her pocket money on something that she wants - I don't limit what she spends her money on but I do try to encourage her to spend it on something she can keep rather than say treats from the school canteen for example.
From this she gets a sense of worth and the idea that nice things are a goal to be earnt and then enjoyed rather than just having a blind expectation of "getting something" every time we step out the front door.
My wife and I have argued about it in the past but she just can't seem to help herself - all she wants to do for my daughter is spoil 'er.
(, Sat 8 Jun 2013, 3:47, 1 reply)
You don't really know the meaning of spoiluntil they start getting fuzzy.
(, Sat 8 Jun 2013, 4:15, closed)
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