Mix 93.1 » allowance http://mix931fm.com Today's Hit Music Mon, 20 May 2013 18:14:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Allowances for Kids Keep Going Up http://mix931fm.com/allowances-for-kids-keep-going-up/ http://mix931fm.com/allowances-for-kids-keep-going-up/#comments Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:45:16 +0000 Jen Austin http://mix931fm.com/?p=117699 Kids have a pretty sweet situation with allowance money these days.

I think I scored $2 per week from my parents to start, and then later on I got an extra $1.50 or $2 for mowing certain sections of the yard. That’s how I could afford those hot eleven dollar jeans!

The average allowance nowadays is just over $16 a week or $65 per month, according to the American Institute of CPA’s. That comes out to about $780 each year.

]]> http://mix931fm.com/allowances-for-kids-keep-going-up/feed/ 0 goodncrazy, Flickr Giving Kids an Allowance May Do More Harm Than Good — Dollars and Sense http://mix931fm.com/kids-allowance-dollars-and-sense/ http://mix931fm.com/kids-allowance-dollars-and-sense/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:00:19 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=76675 For years, the prevailing wisdom behind doling out allowances to kids has been that the practice helps children learn about budgets, which, in turn, leads to better spending habits when they grow up — assumptions that may not be true.

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