Henry Is On To Me
Ever since his birthday, Henry has been obsessed with money. He received a grand total of $65 from various relatives for his big 0-5, and he instantly fell in love with those green little presidents. I agreed to start giving him an allowance of $5 a week, with the understanding that he would buy any and all toys that he wanted with it. In other words, I would no longer buy him the newest version of Power Ranger crap, but if his heart desired it, he need only to dig into his tin of dough.
So we have made it through several weeks now where I give him $5 every Friday. He asks EVERY single day if it is the day he gets money! And so far I have been good about handing over the 5-spot every Friday. Flash forward to today. He asked if today was the day he got money from me, and I said that I meant to give it to him yesterday but forgot. I said that I was not sure if I had money in the house, but I would look and see if I could find any. I couldn't find any, so I quite cleverly (I THOUGHT) snuck into his money tin and retrieved a $5 bill. When I gave it to Henry, he looked me right in the eye and said, "Did you just go get this from my money bank?" I said, "Oh no, I just found it in my purse!" He bought it, but honestly, how did it even occur to him that I would do that??!! I am in bigtime trouble when he is a little older if he is already onto my piggy bank break-in! I don't know whether to be ashamed of myself, proud of him, or just plain terrified. Probably a little bit of all three.
posted by Amy @ 8:52 PM
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3 Comments:
Wow. So you just looked him right in the eyes and lied to him? Methinks you should fess up, but it's your call...
I think it's great that he's lovin' the money, because I always did, too. I loved the greens more than most of the stuff I could spend it on. I remember my dad throwing me at an Excel spreadsheet and explaining the miracle of compounded interest. Ah, good times.
First of all, raise your hand if you have NEVER lied to your child, including white lies and all of the cute lies we tell them about Santa and the tooth fairy and such. Hmmm, no hands going up? If your hand did go up, give it a few years. Trust me.
I just figured that I had no way of getting cash for the next 24 hours (that was convenient), I did not want to hear Henry whine about it for the next 24 hours, and since Henry has no true concept of money (and right now only wants to collect it and has no intention of spending it) that he would not notice a $5 shortage.
BUT the words "looked him right in the eyes and lied to him" do make me feel pretty rotten. I guess I should fess up. Alright, Lauxa, I guess you are right! I will go the "be a good example" route, but I still stand by the ocassional lie to your children, for sanity's sake!
Yeah, my daughter is only 2 so she's not asking the tough questions yet. I'm sure my day will come...
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