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The importance of a budget cannot be stressed enough not only for the value of doing a budget and sticking to a it but because this culture does stress the opposite to the value of it. Spending time on a budget with all the stakeholders allows everyone to have an input and take ownership in it and the results that come from it. I don't mean that the "budget meeting" is one where one person presents the budget as set in stone and the other people are simply an audience. These "meetings" are for feedback and exchange and coming to consensus about how the money will be used to support the household. Everyone gets a vote! Spending time on a budget shows maturity, respect, and shared goals. For the adults in the discussion (whether they earn the money or not) this gets everyone on the same page and buy-in to the process. This is not a Dictatorship but a mutual goal. But a budget is worthless if after the meeting every goes their own way and spends whatever they want afterwards. The budget - a good budget - is a living document - a map to the goals you want to attain to be followed by everyone without exception!

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