Guides
The reasoning behind the tools: what each number means, why the arrangement is shaped this way, and where it stops working.
- Weekly Interest a Kid Can Actually SeeCompound interest is invisible at real rates and on real time scales. Paying it yourself, weekly, at a rate no bank would offer, is the only version a young child can perceive.
- Allowance for 12 to 14 Year OldsSpending moves online, subscriptions appear, and the allowance should start covering a category rather than being pocket money. What changes, and what to hand over.
- Allowance for 15 to 17 Year OldsOutside earnings arrive, the allowance becomes a base rather than the whole thing, and the parent bank has to close. How to end it well.
- Allowance for 6 to 8 Year OldsAt this age money has to be physical, the amounts have to be small, and the week is the longest unit that means anything. What to pay, and what not to expect.
- Allowance for 9 to 11 Year OldsGoals get longer, comparison with friends arrives, and the give jar finally means something. The age where an allowance stops being practice.
- How to Start Paying AllowanceThe three decisions that matter — how much, which day, and what it is for — and why the day matters more than the amount.