Ask Dr. Money
Teens’ Spending Habits
How ____ are you with your money?
These are the results of a survey of 100 ____ at Green Middle School.
We first asked students “Are you ____ with your money?”
As Graph 1 shows, 70% ____ “No” while 30% answered “Yes.”
We then asked the students who answered “No” ____ their biggest money worry is.
As Graph 2 shows, 60% think they don’t have ____ allowance while 28% think they have difficulty saving money.
Lastly, 12% said they spent money on ____ they didn’t need.
Our survey shows that the majority of students think they are not ____ with their money.
Managing ____ is not easy, and becoming a smart spender takes effort.
Do you have any money worries?
____ talk with Dr. Money.
I’m Jason. I ____ a weekly allowance, but I never have enough.
By ____, all of my money is gone.
I don’t know how to ____ this problem.
Hi, I’m Dr. Money. Let’s look at your spending ____.
You ____ up most of your money at the beginning of the week.
Here’s my tip. Don’t ____ around all of your weekly allowance.
Divide the ____ into days.
Then carry only the money ____ need for each day.
Q: Hello, Dr. Money. I’m Steve.
I have ____ saving money.
For example, I’ve ____ saving to go to my favorite singer’s concert for the last two months.
____, I still don’t have enough money.
I don’t know ____ to do.
Let’s see. In the last few weeks, you spent 80% of your allowance and ____ saved 20%.
I think you’ve ____ spending too much.
To ____ money, you need to have a tighter budget.
For example, you can ____ the 50%-40%-10% rule.
Save 50%, spend 40%, and donate the ____ 10% to charity.
By following the rule, you can manage your money ____.
Then you ____ save money faster to buy the ticket.
Q: I’m Minji.
I ____ to buy things on sale.
If something’s on sale, I buy it although I don’t ____ it.
____ week, I bought two T-shirts on sale, but I already have many.
Buying things on sale is good if you buy things you ____.
In your case, the ____ is that you buy things you don’t even need.
Here’s some ____.
____ you buy something, ask yourself, “Do I really need this?”
Also, before ____ go shopping, make a shopping list.
Don’t buy items that aren’t on the list even if they’re on ____.
Then ____ won’t buy things on the spot.