Kim Orozco, a mom from New Jersey, is tackling her daughters' impulse buying from apps like Snapchat and Roblox by refusing to cover their nonessential purchases. Frustrated with their spending, she now mandates that her daughters use their babysitting earnings for items like subscriptions and fast food. She banned Roblox after experiencing significant accidental charges. Other parents echo her concerns, sharing instances of exorbitant charges incurred by their teens, emphasizing the need for awareness and monitoring of digital spending habits among youth.
The Bank of Mom is closed. Frustrated by her teenage daughters' frivolous spending habits, Kim Orozco is putting her foot down - and refusing to foot the bill.
Kim banned the video game app Roblox in her household, for example, after being "burned so many times" by in-game spending, her kids racking up hundreds of dollars worth of accidental charges.
On Reddit, one mom said her son spent $568 on in-app games and coins on his Meta VR headset, illustrating the troubling trend of impulse buying among teens.
Instead, the New Jersey mom now forces Caylee, 14, and Carolina, 15, to dip into modest babysitting earnings to bankroll any nonessential purchases.
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