Allowances, American Express Style

I get so many letters about credit cards that I throw them away without reading them. However, this letter from one of my credit card issuers caught my eye:


So, let me get this straight. With all these important expenses like movie tickets and double lattes, if I am having trouble staying on top of what everyone is spending in my household, rather than give them a specified amount of cash every so often, I should get everyone their own card so I can easily track their spending after they have spent it?

When everyone in the family was a lot younger we went through a number of systems for allowances. This would have been quite an option to explore.