Teaching my daughter how to work with a budget

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Today I had to teach my daughter how to budget her money so that she doesn't get overwhelmed by her debt. She was upset because she is afraid that she was going to fall behind on her rent payments to me and never get a chance to save money. I had to explain to her how to pay what she can afford each month without spending everything and over a couple months she will be caught up. We discussed how to recognize the priority bills that come up each month that MUST be paid and the rest of the bills can be paid little by little (like credit cards) and it will eventually make them go away. Interesting enough, my parents never taught me to do this, life did. I figured if I jump on teaching her fiscal self-control now, she will be able to avoid some of the monetary pitfalls that has made many of us broke as she get's older and her responsibilities increase.