Allowance 2.0
Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt Sun, 07 Jan 2007 13:00:00 GMT
The whole paradigm of children’s allowances has changed with the advent of online purchasing and the Wall Street Journal has an excellent (FREE) article on this new model, Allowance 2.0
The article mentions several software applications and online services that help with the allowance process.
EasyChild Software which has features like an allowance calculator and “weekly behavior chart.”
PAYjr, an allowance-tracking Web site.
My Reward Board features a chore chart and a cartoon piggy bank where parents can “deposit” allowances.
The is also a podcast, where Journal reporter John Jurgensen looks at the growing popularity of the virtual allowance and how parents are using technology to track their children’s spending habits. Listen to the podcast.
