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Originally Posted by activeStick
My friend does this thing which I think is pretty neat. Obviously kids get a ton of presents when they are young from friends and family for birthdays and Christmas, so they've created a toy store in their house where they store all the gifts the kids have received over the years and they all have a price, like a store. While they get to actually play with a few every occasion, the rest go on the store and they use their own money to buy it.
Their kids actually have conversations about saving up for certain things and split for items they really want so they can play with it sooner. Only people I know that does this.
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That is terrible. You are taking away the only source of income from kids. Then you don't even lose any money when you give them an allowance. Really they should just tell their friends and family not to buy gifts. It's the cheapest thing I have ever heard and I'm pretty cheap myself