Saying that they wanted to instill lifelong financial habits in their young son, the parents of 9-year-old Jeremy Lambert explained to reporters Monday that they give him a weekly $10 allowance to teach him the importance of parental dependence. Its only a small amount, but if we impart these lessons now, we can prepare him for the day hes out on his own receiving a monthly check from us to cover his living expenses, said Jeremys father, Michael Lambert, adding that its never too soon to learn the value of his parents money. We want to make sure we start early on so that, 15 or 20 years from now, hell fully understand what it means to be a financially dependent adult. At press time, Jeremys parents were helping him open his first savings account so he could learn the importance of letting his parents deposit money directly into it. 