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Family Forum: Discussing Children and Money

Our Family Forum shares ideas on when and how to give your kids money.

Welcome to the Family Forum; your stop for discussion on all of the hot topics that affect families in our community.

Our discussions will be led by valued community members from our Miller Place-Rocky Point, Three Village and Port Jeff Patch sites. They are:

Miller Place-Rocky Point: , , ,, , , , and .

Three Village: , , , , , , and .

Port Jefferson: , Lisa Dix,  , and

If you would like to volunteer and become more involved in the forum, please email Patch editor expressing your interest. The Family Forum is designed for moms, dads, grandparents, aunts, uncles and caregivers all to share ideas on topics, questions and ideas involving families in our community. Let's get the discussion going with this week's question:

When and how do you begin to give your children money? How do you go about helping them understand the value of a dollar?

If your kids are too young for money, tell us what your parents did when YOU were a child and what you plan on doing when your children come of age.

We encourage everyone to share their thoughts in the comment boxes below. Stop by Patch each week for another community discussion.

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Just a short thought to get the word out quickly about anything in your neighborhood.
Share something with your neighbors. Write a new post... What's up? Make an announcement, speak your mind, or sell something
MP Majority May 17, 2013 at 01:41 pm
Spoken like a true teacher. Did you know that the average school teacher is only paying 15% of theRead More actual cost of health care premiums for themselves and their families, when Medical healthcare insurance premiums are rising at an alarming 17% per annum? Do you realize that teachers are paid an additional stipend if they work more than 3 consecutive periods in a day? Are you aware that teacher pensions were protected during the stock market crash of 2008, when the average person's 401K was totally at risk? Perhaps if teachers realized how good they have it - look at the BIG picture and outside of their bubble - then they would complain less. Oh and yes, we need our loftily-paid Administrators to kick in some of the salaries, to help pay for stuff. Hard to believe the school districts' mantras that "it's all for the kids".
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wendy L Berman May 10, 2013 at 05:20 pm
Our private street is willing to pay to have the sand plowed back up along our bulheads!!!! The DecRead More and the and the town of crookhaven will not allow it!!! The army corp of engineers are busy with the $$$$$ hamptons!!!!
Ted Ratter May 10, 2013 at 04:29 pm
sorry hit enter and it popped my statement in above too soon... I'm likely right that all townsRead More along sound need to have remediation plans on board, but that doesn't mean they have the funds to get it done. I would not be surprised if the meatballs running crookhaven missed the mother-load of that Superfund.
Ted Ratter May 10, 2013 at 04:27 pm
Jennifer, if Bonner speaks about the town trying to buy the property next to east of Scotts beachRead More (or scots - spelling?) forget about it. that property is meaningless to issues east of that point. Oh by the way this is not confirmed yet but I hear our new Highway guy is/was the lawyer for the guy who owns that track of land. crookhaven makes strange bedfellows hey?
My Mom My Life
Marian Larson May 9, 2013 at 06:45 pm
That made me smile! My mom passed away when I was a child and not a day has gone by in the past 37Read More years that I don't think about her and wonder who this woman was who gave her children the gift of life but never had the opportunity to see her children grow up. The little that I remember of her warms my heart. I wish all mothers, stepmothers, grandmothers and Godmothers a blessed Mother's Day! :)