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Originally Posted by Hugh

Hard to teach common sense - kids learn by example (mainly), and they mirror their parents behaviours.

When my lad wanted to go work in a South African horse farm for six weeks, he had to get two part-time jobs (whilst in sixth form) to pay for the flights; similarly when he wanted to go visit his college chums in South Carolina (he did his 2nd year of Uni there).

He wanted these things, he had to work to get them - and I think he appreciated them more for it.

Yes I think Steven saves some of his wages each month is because he can still remember going to the building society each month with me putting money in his cash builder account the very same account he still saves with today. Young Drew has the same savings account with the Nationwide building society and like his big brother will be given the book when he is 18 if we feel he is sensible enough if not it will be 21. I know many of the young have no idea about savings nowadays as buy now pay later schemes are so easy for them to get IMO.