Every now and then we allow Quincy to have our spare change. We rarely have spare change in our house so he doesn't get it often, however, over the past 6 months he started to accumulate enough money to buy something.
He has also been helping earn money by recycling used soda bottles. We recently counted his change and found out that he had $1.70. He was so excited that he had enough money to buy something. He decided that he wanted to buy some new sunglasses... so he went to the dollar store, he picked out some that he liked, and then he proudly paid with his change for the sunglasses.
We are teaching Quincy about the value of money and so he understands that it takes a long time to save up for things we want. Just like it took him a long time to save for his new sunglasses. He also is learning about the importance of paying tithing and was VERY proud to hand over his .17 cents in change for his very own tithing. He shook our bishop's hand and told his directly that it was HIS tithing. Very cute. We then asked him what he wanted to do with the rest of his money and he told us he felt like saving it.
Do you suppose his parents are frugal? And maybe that his dad is a banker? At any rate hopefully Quincy will learn the value of money and how to wisely use his in his future. We are very proud of him for getting a good head start!
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He's a tight wad like the rest of us! Well, expect for Uncle Spencer...he's a spend thrift! Q's glasses look quite sporty!
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