My dad never even told my mom how much he made, exactly - and she worked full-time too! His logic was that if we (kids, mom) knew how much was in the bank, we'd

My dad never even told my mom how much he made, exactly - and she worked full-time too! His logic was that if we (kids, mom) knew how much was in the bank, we'd always be saying, "Why can't we have that? We have the money!" All we knew was that we were living within our means, that mom and dad made enough - but that more was always better - and that the family budget was always made to fit inside my mom's (lower) salary, just in case. Worked out well. We knew better than to bug him for stuff. He ended up socking a bunch away. And, we still managed to learn about the value of money when we got our own jobs - as kids. All without knowing exactly how much my parents made.