Budgeting skills and No Plan B thinking

"Budgeting skills training has begun. Kiddo will get up to $$$ for his allowance on Month and Date. Kiddo has to put their money away and pay their portion of the bills. This is the current money book.

I'm working on setting up the "how much can you make doing xyz" and "how much gets docked for what behavior".

Kiddo also has their quarter jar for extra cash that isn't on the to earn money list, ( when I run out of quarters they are out of opportunities to earn quarters."

I got a text back from kiddos old #OT.

PLEASE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH YOUR CLIENTS and other PARENTS!

WHEN YOU PLAN FOR PLAN B YOU DONT TEACH NEEDED SKILLS. IF YOU APPROACH SKILLS TRAINING FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THERE IS NO PLAN B YOU WILL SEE SO MUCH MORE FROM YOUR KIDDOS.

"It is an investment of time now to save the parents' time and headaches later. The best argument is to get parents to know that their kids have no plan B. Everything they learn now is preparation for when the parent is either dead or the child is able to live their best life without them. Even if the kid never leaves home, this gives them some autonomy and some level of control and responsibility. Earn the self-respect and skills now, don't let them get conned by some ass hole later who will take advantage of their child's ignorance."

"Teach with small money now, when the consequencesare small and they still have the safety of home and family."

#OT #SLP #AUTISM #DEAF #DEAFAUTISM #SPECIALNEEDS #TWICEEXCEPTIONAL #IEP #SPECIALEDUCATION #HOMESCHOOL #PARENTING #REALLIFEMOMMINGIT #MONEYMATTERS #MICROECONOMICS #budgeting