Cell phone for a 10 yr old???

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— In Budget101_@yahoogroups.com, “Miskin Meadows”

wrote:

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> My kids were told if you want a cell phone or I pod etc….then

get a part

> time job to pay for one.

>

> I will not supply them one just because their friends have one. we

always

> tell the kids when that excuse is heard that why not save your

money for fun

> stuff and use your friends cell phones it really works…

> my daughter was cutting grass for 2 neighbors and yard work at that

age and

> walking dogs for spending money.. teaches them the value of money

which many

> kids don’t get these days.

> Regards,

> Bev & John

> Miskin Meadows Farm

> https://www.hawk.igs.net/~emerald/index.html

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> “Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some

kind

> of battle.”

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> 3:02 PM

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Isn’t that the truth! why not teach them that if you want something

than you gotta work and save up for it! Kids these days need money

management skills so that those skills can follow them into

adulthood! what are you teaching them when you give them things they

want and they don’t have to earn it?

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