That is funny. That reminds me so much of the way my son was at that age. He didn't throw fits or demand that we buy him things because that didn't work with us but I found it harder to resist not giving in sometimes because of his negotiating skills. He would not give up. He would come up with creative ways to convince me that I actually could and needed to do what he wanted. He is still like this. Now at age 13 he is saving for a MacBook Pro. He has a long way to go with only $500 in savings but almost every day he tells me how much easier something would be for him if he had the MacBook, how much more math he would do if he had it, etc. He looks for ways for us to save the money he needs. We are now clipping coupons, going to a grocery store that doubles coupons, and he is doing without things that he would normally get. When he puts his mind to it he usually finds a way to get it. He doesn't give up.
