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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 328115" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>A few thoughs here from an alien in your midst.</p><p></p><p>First - purely from the difficult child point of view, you understand. But he could be thinking, "She gave me money which is to be used to feed me. This money is for my needs. But I have control over what I eat and when, so if I can budget, go without if I can, cut back or scrounge elsewhere, then I can save this money OF MINE and use it for something else."</p><p></p><p>In his mind, since the money was given to him to cover the cost of his meals, then it's money in his belly. Or in his wallet - same thing, in his mind.</p><p></p><p>I'm not saying this is right. But it is how a difficult child (ald a lot of PCs) would tihnk.</p><p></p><p>However, as pointed out - it does show an interesting and effective learning approach to saving.</p><p></p><p>My moter had a similar approach with me when I was in high school. She send me with a packed lunch and would give me enough money each week to cover my bus fares, with a very small amount left over. That small amount was just enough (if I spent nothing else) to buy one budget ice cream a week. She wanted me to manage my weekly expenses and learn to manage my money.</p><p></p><p>I learned alright. I learned to dodge bus fares and train fares (she never gave me my train fare anyway - she was fighting the government which she argued should have paid for my free travel like it did for most other kids) so I could hoard even more. If there was a bus inspector, other kids would tip me off and I'd buy a ticket. I also used to cash in drink bottles (which would pay back a few cents in deposit). I never had much money but I was able to get by. But I did hate the constant anxious feeling of worrying about ticket inspectors! I soon took to forging train tickets, I got really good. I even sold a few of my creations (for half the ticket price). Can't do that these days, our tickets have a computer strip on them.</p><p></p><p>On the subject of school lunches - have you seen how they do this in India? Very civilised... they have tiffin boxes, these are packs of round metal containers that fit together in a stack. In stack you would have rice (in one container) with another contianer of a hot dish such as a curry (meat or vegetable) and yet another container with, say, naan bread, poppadoms, fruit - anything. These are packed, hot, in late morning. They are colour-coded according to which school or business they are for, and a delivery service collects them (the "tiffin wallah") and bikes them (or some other easy, fast courier means) to their destination. The tiffin boxes are handed out (to the schoolkids to whom they belong, or the businessmen) so each person gets the meal prepared with the loving hands of their mother (or wife). After lunch the tiffin wallah collects the tiffin boxes and takes them back home again. All done with brilliant efficiency. It means that people get THEIR meal, delivered hot, a healthy nourishing meal. </p><p>We can buy tiffin boxes here in Australia. I haven't bought one but I was tempted - they are a really neat way of carrying a hot meal to a picnic. Now, that's maybe something I can put on my Christmas list from easy child - the tiffin boxes can be bought in her favourite Asian supply store in Canberra, I saw them when we were last there. But I think I would prefer to choose my own, I want to decide on exactly what shape of container, size etc. They are metal and therefore fairly robust. They're also fairly leak-proof although the tiffin wallahs carry them upright, often slung over poles by their carry handle.</p><p></p><p>[ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabbawala[/ame]</p><p></p><p>Maybe this could be a cash-free alternative to the school canteen?</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 328115, member: 1991"] A few thoughs here from an alien in your midst. First - purely from the difficult child point of view, you understand. But he could be thinking, "She gave me money which is to be used to feed me. This money is for my needs. But I have control over what I eat and when, so if I can budget, go without if I can, cut back or scrounge elsewhere, then I can save this money OF MINE and use it for something else." In his mind, since the money was given to him to cover the cost of his meals, then it's money in his belly. Or in his wallet - same thing, in his mind. I'm not saying this is right. But it is how a difficult child (ald a lot of PCs) would tihnk. However, as pointed out - it does show an interesting and effective learning approach to saving. My moter had a similar approach with me when I was in high school. She send me with a packed lunch and would give me enough money each week to cover my bus fares, with a very small amount left over. That small amount was just enough (if I spent nothing else) to buy one budget ice cream a week. She wanted me to manage my weekly expenses and learn to manage my money. I learned alright. I learned to dodge bus fares and train fares (she never gave me my train fare anyway - she was fighting the government which she argued should have paid for my free travel like it did for most other kids) so I could hoard even more. If there was a bus inspector, other kids would tip me off and I'd buy a ticket. I also used to cash in drink bottles (which would pay back a few cents in deposit). I never had much money but I was able to get by. But I did hate the constant anxious feeling of worrying about ticket inspectors! I soon took to forging train tickets, I got really good. I even sold a few of my creations (for half the ticket price). Can't do that these days, our tickets have a computer strip on them. On the subject of school lunches - have you seen how they do this in India? Very civilised... they have tiffin boxes, these are packs of round metal containers that fit together in a stack. In stack you would have rice (in one container) with another contianer of a hot dish such as a curry (meat or vegetable) and yet another container with, say, naan bread, poppadoms, fruit - anything. These are packed, hot, in late morning. They are colour-coded according to which school or business they are for, and a delivery service collects them (the "tiffin wallah") and bikes them (or some other easy, fast courier means) to their destination. The tiffin boxes are handed out (to the schoolkids to whom they belong, or the businessmen) so each person gets the meal prepared with the loving hands of their mother (or wife). After lunch the tiffin wallah collects the tiffin boxes and takes them back home again. All done with brilliant efficiency. It means that people get THEIR meal, delivered hot, a healthy nourishing meal. We can buy tiffin boxes here in Australia. I haven't bought one but I was tempted - they are a really neat way of carrying a hot meal to a picnic. Now, that's maybe something I can put on my Christmas list from easy child - the tiffin boxes can be bought in her favourite Asian supply store in Canberra, I saw them when we were last there. But I think I would prefer to choose my own, I want to decide on exactly what shape of container, size etc. They are metal and therefore fairly robust. They're also fairly leak-proof although the tiffin wallahs carry them upright, often slung over poles by their carry handle. [ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabbawala[/ame] Maybe this could be a cash-free alternative to the school canteen? Marg [/QUOTE]
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