The KidStart office popped the survey from the Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks under my nose this morning before I had even mentioned that the only money in my purse (\u00a32.57) was all that was left from the tenner I had borrowed from my eldest daughter, Ella, two hours earlier. Technically it\u2019s not a loan, because she still owes me \u00a3130 for her festival ticket, but we have been swapping the same \u00a340 to and fro between us for the last two days, and I think, somehow, I\u2019m ten pounds down on the deal. It doesn\u2019t help that she got an A in maths and I got a C.<\/p>\r\n
But back to the Clydesdale and Yorkshire survey of parents and their five to 12 year old children which pointed out that parents think nothing of diving into their children\u2019s savings when times are lean. Of the 57% who borrow from their primary school children\u2019s money 18% raided their children\u2019s savings accounts and eventually paid them back, but 3% never did!<\/p>\r\n
Now hand on heart I can say that so far I have never had to dip into their savings – and nor do I borrow from primary school children – they\u2019re too poor – and would make far too much fuss – if you\u2019re going to borrow, be like Greece and borrow big – what could possibly go wrong?<\/p>\r\n