Content creator Hannah Koumakis, who lives in New Zealand, explained how implementing the pocket money system (taught by her father) helped her to set long-term savings goals at 7 years of age. This enabled her to buy a car at 16 and a house at 23.
The pocket money system helped:
"...teach us the value of each dollar and to make us completely in charge of our finances from such a young age."
"...we actually had to split off our pocket money into different accounts. We didn't just get the full $140*...we had $70 for long-term savings...which obviously left us with $70. And then we didn't just get that $70. We also had to pay $14 towards our church, which is tithe...And then we also had to put aside $20 to short-term savings...for our car. So again, at the age of seven, they were making us save for our car, which left us with $36 and $36 had to cover everything that we wanted in our life...from socks to underwear to clothing, to if we went out to McDonald's."
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*NZ dollars in 2007