You cannot live as if there is no tomorrow when you have children

At work we have a young woman who is not yet 25 years old. She has a 7-year-old son. Although her parental role has made her more mature than her peers, she sometimes lacks consistency thinking.

She had saved $1,000 in a savings account as a buffer for unexpected expenses. Instead of having this buffer as a security when her child needs new winter shoes in the middle of winter because he has grown out of the couple she bought at the beginning of the season, she spontaneously buys a snake. The entire buffer is gone.