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money moments

Money influences how we see other people and how we see ourselves.

Maybe that’s why the decisions we make about it often have more to do

with emotion than with math.

Follow these girls through a day of money decisions and observations.

What emotions are they feeling?

7:55

a.m.

“Here’s your allowance,” says Sierra’s mother. “Don’t spend it all on

something silly.” Sierra nods. She’ll try, but if Morgan and Amber want

to go to the mall after school, she can’t exactly say no.

9:30

a.m.

Genevieve has a new purse. Sierra knows for a fact that her brother’s

car cost less than that brand of purse. She decides Genevieve

is stuck-up.

11:16

a.m.

Amber is smiling as she walks down the hall. Yesterday, she figured out

she’d earned $253 selling ankle bracelets since September. $253 of her

very own! She feels like she grew two inches overnight. She decides

she’ll spend $5 at the mall after school. She can afford it.