Why earned money is different
Money that arrives on a schedule and money a kid earned from a chore are not the same thing to the kid. The app keeps them on separate lines for a reason.
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Notes on money, kids and the household
What we're learning from families using CubbyJar, and the occasional note about how we build it. No listicles.
Three jars and the floors
Spend, Save and Give, a floor under two of them, and a payday where the kid places the rest. How the mechanics work and why they are shaped that way.
Why a kid's jar is never docked
A jar is a record of what you owe your kid. Taking money out of it to make a point turns the record into a lie, so the app gives you other tools.
The wall between a kid's jars and the household
A kid sees their own jars and no further. That is not a setting; it is how the server answers every request. Here is what that means in practice.