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　　In American parents usually think that their child should not have more pocket money than the children with whom he regularly connects even if they are wealthier．

　　But 　　1　　 are children expected to compare with the richer 　　2　　 a large family, heavy responsibilities, or other conditions make it 　　3　　 to give a child less spending money than is customary(惯例的)in the neighborhood．

　　　　4　　 the pocket money is, its entire use is not controlled by the 　　5　　, because a child learns to use money correctly only through 　　6　　 it himself．If a seven-year-old child gets a quarter as a week pocket money and is made to put it all in his piggy bank to 　　7　　 it up, he gets no idea what the 　　8　　 use for the money is．He gets the shinny coins and they soon 　　9　　．

　　The idea of a bank account is too early for so 　　10　　 a child, although he can be made to understand and 　　11　　 saving his coins－not all of them, only a part of what he receives－to buy something he especially wants．　　12　　 he is eight, he is old enough to take part in the 　　13　　 of his own saving account, parents may take him to the bank, open a saving account for him, and 　　14　　 him to put a certain quantity of any checks that he receives as 　　15　　 into the bank and watch his bank savings 　　16　　 as entry by entry is made．

　　He will be saving, earning, and spending 　　17　　 quantities all along in order to learn how to 　　18　　 money and to keep him in a favorable position with his friends．The boy who can’t join his fellows in sweet shops 　　9　　 he has to save every cent he gets or earns for some big unknown project his parents have been chosen for him, is a 　　20　　 child．