Rima Grace

What differences did you capture across families?

What differences did you capture across families?

I think allowance, maybe I should also just say as a high level, not every child gets an allowance.

I think allowance, maybe I should also just say as a high level, not every child gets an allowance.

And of those who get allowances, for families with some amount of money, like middle class, upper middle class families, there's an element of an allowance as a simulation of...

And of those who get allowances, for families with some amount of money, like middle class, upper middle class families, there's an element of an allowance as a simulation of...

limit, right?

limit, right?

So a parent is not necessarily giving their kids just the maximum amount of money that they can afford to spend on the kid that week or that month.

So a parent is not necessarily giving their kids just the maximum amount of money that they can afford to spend on the kid that week or that month.

It's more about, I'm giving you this arbitrarily limited amount as a way to teach you what it means to run up.

It's more about, I'm giving you this arbitrarily limited amount as a way to teach you what it means to run up.

Right, exactly.

Right, exactly.

But then there's also for...

But then there's also for...

especially poor working class families.

especially poor working class families.

And a lot of cases allowances do seem to function, you know, it's absolutely wrapped up in lessons too, but it's just also more practical of like, this is the money that we can afford to spend this week.

And a lot of cases allowances do seem to function, you know, it's absolutely wrapped up in lessons too, but it's just also more practical of like, this is the money that we can afford to spend this week.