July 23, 2019 • Page 2 shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com The Summer Vacation Dave Says Getting Motivated By Daris Howard Kids and Money Dear Dave, My wife is so charged up after reading your books, and now she is determined to get us out of debt. I know this is good idea, but I just don’t have the passion for it she does. There are also some things I really don’t want to give up. Do you have some suggestions for getting motivated? Ken Dear Dave, We’ve followed your advice and put our kids on commissions instead of allowances. The problem is our 8-year-old. He never buys anything, and he seems to be very frugal by nature. Do you have any advice for teaching him it is okay to spend money sometimes? Stephen Dear Stephen, You’re absolutely right for wanting to teach him wise spending habits. Each of us has the personality of being Dave Dear Ken, either a saver or a spender. As parents, we should help Goals and dreams always have our kids grow in areas where they have weaknesses, and a better chance of coming true if find ways to enhance their strengths. you have a written game plan. Sit down with your wife at Give him praise for being such a good saver, but genthe beginning of each month, and help her do a written tly encourage him to spend a little, too. Spending is one budget. Give every dollar a name on paper before you of the rewards of work and disciplined saving. You might spend anything. urge him to pick out something he really wants, and help Contrary to popular belief, doing a budget is not him make a plan to save enough money to buy that item. torture. It’s also not just a math exercise. It’s an opporOnce he has enough money for the purchase, turn it into tunity for you both to have input on what you want to a celebration of reaching that goal. accomplish in life and how to make it happen. After two There are three things you can do with money—spend people are married they become “as one.” And that’s how it, save it, and give it to others. Focusing too much, or decisions should be made in a marriage—facing all the too little, on any of these is not financially or spiritually problems, dreams, and fears together. healthy. Once you sit down and do a budget, I think you’ll see —Dave where you can cut back and make things happen that you thought were impossible before. You may have to give up a few things for a little while, but when you see * Dave Ramsey is America’s trusted voice on money and how quickly you can get ahead by making your money business, and CEO of Ramsey Solutions. He has authored behave, I’ve got a feeling you’ll get excited about the pos- seven best-selling books, including The Total Money Makeosibilities! ver. The Dave Ramsey Show is heard by more than 12 million —Dave listeners each week on 575 radio stations and multiple digital platforms. 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The Bahdziewicz clan trooped into the Mule Barn for lunch the other day, happily and noisily as only eight Americans totally in love with summer can do. The patriarch of the clan, Abraham Lincoln Bahdziewicz, led the way to a large round table and seated his wife, Sally, before pointing to which chairs the kids should use. Some people can make a celebration out of sitting down to eat, and Abe’s gang knows how to do it. The children, clockwise, were Woodrow Wilson Bahdziewicz, Betsy Ross Bahdziewicz, Neal Armstrong Bahdziewicz, John Kennedy Bahdziewicz, and Franklin Delano Bahdziewicz. Sally got a high chair for the youngest family member, Laura Bush Bahdziewicz. We watched them order four meals for the seven of them, along with some empty plates for divvying things up. Then we took bets on whether or not they would have to ask for a “to go” box or two to take home with them. They didn’t. Laura Bush Bahdziewicz had to have chocolate cream pie wiped from her face twice during dessert, too. Before they packed up to go, Abe came over to shake hands with the members of the world dilemma think tank here at the philosophy counter. He always looks as though he’s just headed home to open Christmas presents, and we envied him that wonderful zest for life. “Abe,” said Doc, when it was his turn to shake hands, “we’ve been wondering. You’re named after a president, and all your kids are named for famous Americans.” “That’s right,” Abe said. “My brothers and sister, too. All of us but my wife, Sally, and I call her Sally Ride Bahdziewicz sometimes, just for fun.” “How did all that naming come about?” “Well,” Abe said, “my dad came from Poland as a kid, and the other kids at school teased him about not being a real American, you know? So he decided his kids would never have that problem. 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The thought of the children taking care of themselves, and he and his wife being able to talk uninterrupted for an extended amount of time, sounded like a dream come true. “But there’s no window between the front and the back,” his wife said. “What if the kids have an emergency. They’ll have no way of contacting us.” This was years before cell phones were common, but Brent was good at wiring, and he came up with a brilliant idea. He wired a closed-circuit telephone between the cab and the back of the pickup. A person could pick up the phone and hit any button, and it would ring at the other end. When he finished the wiring, Brent asked his oldest daughter to get in the back to test it. She picked up the phone and hit a button. Everything worked flawlessly. The day for their vacation arrived, and Brent made sure the children had everything they needed in the back of the pickup. The children climbed in, and Brent and his wife climbed in the front. They happily started down the road, but they hadn’t even gone a mile before the phone rang. Brent’s wife answered it, talked briefly, then hung up. “David wanted to try out the phone.” She had barely said it when the phone rang again. It rang twice more. Each child had to try it, even the oldest daughter who had tested it previously. After each child had a chance to try the phone, Brent thought that would be the end of it, but he was wrong. They hadn’t gone many more miles when the phone rang again. Their youngest daughter was in tears. “David took my doll,” she said. “Well, she’s hogging the couch,” David yelled in the background. They pulled over and got that all settled, then continued on their way. But they hadn’t even traveled another ten miles before the phone rang again. This ended up being the story for the duration of the day. The phone rang about every ten miles. When they were only about twenty minutes from where they planned to camp for the night, the phone rang again. Brent had had enough. When they stopped to take care of a problem between two of the squabbling children, Brent yanked the phone cord out and disconnected it. “But how will we know if the children are having an emergency?” Brent’s wife asked. “We’ll see fire coming out of the back of the truck!” Brent angrily replied. The children could see their father was mad, and they promised to behave better, but when Brent climbed back in, he was still too flustered to drive. “Maybe I should drive, and you should relax,” his wife said. “How am I supposed to relax?” he replied. “If I sit up here, I won’t know if something goes wrong with the children. And if I sit in the back, the children will all be sulking because I got mad at them.” “Maybe the children should all ride in the front with me,” his wife replied. “It’s a crew cab, and they’ll all fit. 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