Your kids money box

[carlton23]

Have you, or do you, `borrow` money from kyour kids money-box and promise to put it back later......?????

[squarebear]

Never. It wouldn't cross my mind.

[ummmm]

Have done...Or if I haven't got any cash on me they use money from their money box and I have to pay it back. They make sure I do...lol

[ummmm]

I'm presuming we're talking a couple of quid...

[ummmm]

lol Helen....

[carlton23]

I`ve stopped giving pocket money to my grandchildren as their mother nicks it and never returns it to them, so I buy them things instead.

[redcrx]

no, never. Why on earth should i promise to put it back :)

[rowanwitch]

My sister would happily give 'money box loans' and charge 5% per day interest work out the APR on that one....

[funnygirl]

I have done too but only to get 'change'!!

[ummmm]

The other day my son took £2 from his money box for his dinner money. I went to the bank later that day and gave him it back when he got home.

I'm a bit like the queen...I rarely have cash...

[redcrx]

lol, i dont really. The kids dont get pocket money, they are too young. But when they get birthday money it goes to me and i will then allow them to buy something they want with it.

My change jar gets counted up every so often and the money split between their bank accounts.

I dont have the need to borrow from them, but if they had money in change tin and i was broke and couldnt afford to feed them then, yes, i would "borrow" it

[ummmm]

My other option if I don't have cash....I phone the corner shop and get him to give them money :-)

[annie0000]

I have done - they always have cash and sometimes if you are on your way out somewhere it saves a detour to get to a cash machine. I do however always put in an IOU so that I don't forget. On the other hand - if we are out and the kids see something they want to buy - I say that they can pay me back for it later, but I often don't take the money out their banks, so they do very well out of it really.

[chelle7272]

Same as ummm, if I don't have any change on me etc. He always knows and never forgets!