KidCash
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Every “can I have it?” becomes a lesson instead of a fight.

Five kinds of money, each about one habit: candy, screens, activities, savings and giving. You catch the good stuff in the moment. Saturday, the tally is already done.

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Free to try. One price for the whole family, up to 15 kids.

The KidCash app home screen, showing a child's five currency balances

A minute a day is how a lifetime of habits starts.

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The KidCash app home screen, showing a child's five currency balances Spending Gift Cash in the KidCash app The weekly payday screen in the KidCash app Logging a bonus in the KidCash app A child's chore and bonus list in the KidCash app Kid Mode in the KidCash app, handed to a child on a parent's phone

The pieces of the system, and what each one teaches.

Five currencies keep the conversations separate, and three tools handle the rest: bonuses, hard talks, and saving.

Candy Cash

Teaches moderation

Budget the sugary treats and the junk food.

Device Cash

Teaches self-regulation

Screens, TV and games, on a budget they hold.

Activity Cash

Teaches patience

Exercise habits and family fun.

Savings Cash

Teaches money sense

Save it, spend it wisely, watch it add up.

Gift Cash

Teaches generosity

Worth double, and only for someone else.

Bonus Bounty

Up for grabs

Makes the mentally tough goals achievable.

Violation tickets

For the hard talks

Move unwanted behavior to a calmer conversation.

Bank Books

Teaches finance basics

Keep money safe and show how saving works.

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The week has a rhythm you already know.

Mon – Fri

Watch. Speak up. Write it down.

Catch the good behavior while it's happening and say why it mattered. Corrections wait for the weekend, when nobody's mid-meltdown.

Saturday

Allowance time.

Sit down together. Celebrate what went well, restate the rules, name the one thing to work on. The math is already done.

Sunday

Celebrate.

They spend what they earned: a toy, an outing, something you agreed on. Earning it is what makes it land.

Guides

The conversations an allowance app never covers.

Candy budgets, screen time, teaching them to give, and what to do when the whole thing stops working. All free to read, and none of it needs the app.

GivingGenerosity is a habit before it is a value.Why "be nice and share" does not stick, and the small weekly practice that does.CandyGive them a candy budget and the argument moves.Why case-by-case rulings guarantee daily negotiation, and how a fixed candy budget ends it.ScreensStop policing screen time. Start issuing it.Why "five more minutes" is a structural problem, and how earning screen time changes who the child is arguing with.AllowanceThe number matters less than what it has to pay for.Why the dollar-per-year rule misleads, and how to size an allowance from the job you want it to do.ChoresPay for work. Do not pay for being part of the family.The split that resolves the chores-and-money argument, and where to draw the line in your own house.SavingSaving is not about the money. It is about surviving the middle.Why most children's savings goals collapse in the middle, and the four things that get them through it.

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What parents and teachers say changed at home.

I can honestly say that KidCash is truly a blessing! Growing up, my son struggled with fairness and motivation to accomplish daily tasks.

Danielle D. · teacher and mother of a 12 year old boy with Aspergers

What is unique about KidCash is that it creates spending categories that are color coded, so easy for kids to understand.

Karen E. · five stars on Amazon

My kids are actually excited to do something that would please us, and are more cautious of getting into trouble since their tangible device cash will be taken away when they do.

MomOfGirls · five stars on Amazon

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If you'd rather hold it in your hands

The paper kit, still the original.

410 engraved bills across five currencies, 100 bonus and violation tickets, two bank books, and the worksheets to run your first month. Printed in America on 25 lb stock.

$15 plus shipping · USPS Priority, 1–2 weeks

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Candy Cash play money bills fanned out Device Cash screen time bills fanned out Activity Cash play money bills fanned out Gift Cash play money bills fanned out

The book

A parenting system designed for life: the 30-day startup and the weekly rhythm, written out in full.

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Print it tonight

Every currency, both bank books, the tickets and goal sheets, plus 18 printable wallets. Free, and always have been.

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Guides

Two tracks: get started in 30 days, or browse the six ways families run it day to day.

Start in 30 days Ways to use it

Get started today, because parenting shouldn't be so hard.

When a kid wants something, they pay very close attention to how to get it. Every bill, bonus and ticket is a chance to hand them the reason along with the money, while you have that attention. It is how the things you have said a hundred times finally land.

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