http://blog.famundo.com/articles/2007/01/07/allowance-2-0 en-us 40 <p><a href=http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116804006374468632-6a4RTFzEgRmVtfnmM9TBMvk3mt0_20080106.html><img src="http://blog.famundo.com/files/wsj.gif" ></a></p> <p>The whole paradigm of children&#8217;s allowances has changed with the advent of online purchasing and the Wall Street Journal has an excellent (FREE) article on this new model, <a href=http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116804006374468632-6a4RTFzEgRmVtfnmM9TBMvk3mt0_20080106.html>Allowance 2.0</a></p> <p>The article mentions several software applications and online services that help with the allowance process.</p> <blockquote> <p><a href=http://www.easychild.com/>EasyChild Software</a> which has features like an allowance calculator and &#8220;weekly behavior chart.&#8221;</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p><a href=http://www.payjr.com/>PAYjr</a>, an allowance-tracking Web site.</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p><a href=http://www.myrewardboard.com/>My Reward Board</a> features a chore chart and a cartoon piggy bank where parents can &#8220;deposit&#8221; allowances.</p> </blockquote> <p>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&#8217;s spending habits. <a href=http://podcast.mktw.net/wsj/audio/20070105/pod-wsjwknd/pod-wsjwknd.mp3>Listen to the podcast.</a></p> Sun, 07 Jan 2007 08:00:00 -0500 urn:uuid:8242bd28-9387-4a14-be1e-2779e782c64c richard.kuhlenschmidt@famundo.com (Richard Kuhlenschmidt) http://blog.famundo.com/articles/2007/01/07/allowance-2-0 Parenting Family 2.0 Family Life Setting Limits