Money Management At 11

I taught my oldest son a great lesson this week. He had been over playing with a friend and came home wanting to spend $20 of his birthday money to buy a used video game from him. I thought about it for a moment, and decided it was time to introduce him to the world of used cds and video games! We headed online, and found the exact same game for $5.00 and that included shipping. The only difference? He now had to wait four days for it to come in the mail. We won it on Monday, and it arrived Saturday morning—and that was with Thanksgiving in the mix!  Now if only there was an abundatrade.com for kids clothing! I would love to turn in some of their used clothing items, for bigger and better things!! But for now, video games will have to do!

He was thrilled, and got to keep $15 of his birthday money for something else he loves…baseball cards!