How to Keep Your Child From Stealing

When I was a young mother, I never wanted my child to want something so bad, to want to steal it because she didn't have the money. 

She knew that stealing was bad but I didn't want peer pressure to get the best of her young mind. Give your children some pride in knowing that they can buy what they want. 

She liked magazines with her favorite groups on the cover, music CD's, and sunglasses to look cool like Mary J. Blige, so I decided to give her an allowance. I bought her a pink shiny piggy bank for her change and opened a bank account  with her very own bank book. It was old school.

As soon as they start school, give them an allowance at a very young age, every week. The allowance must equal their age plus change.

Age	Allowance	Change
5	$5	5 nickles or 25 cents
6	$6	6 nickles or 30 cents
7	$7	7 nickles or 35 cents
8	$8	8 nickles or 40 cents
9	$9	9 nickles or 45 cents
10	$10	10 nickles or 50 cents
11	$11	11 nickles or 55 cents
12	$12	12 nickles or 60 cents
13	$13	13 nickles or 65 cents

At 14, they should get a youth job or have a business. The internet is great for creating online businesses easily.