Originally Posted by BATmama

I agree with Catmcclure. I also beleive that we can't lay all the blame on the schools. We parents need to start teaching our children early. My son just turned 5. He gets a dollar for each year of his age for an allowance. He receives 1/2 in change for his bank (savings) and the other 1/2 for trips to Wal-Mart. But he has to earn this each week. He has jobs like picking up toys, staying quite in Sunday school and helping to fold laundry etc. (He folds wash cloths.) He's been doing this for nearly two years now. We feel that he will be a better man someday if he doesn't expect to have everything given to him. This is just my opinion I don't want to start anything.