How to review allowance generation settings
Before your next allowance cycle runs — whether weekly on a Friday evening or monthly at the start of term — it’s worth confirming that the underlying generation rules are configured exactly as you intend. A misconfigured rule can mean a child receives the wrong amount, or nothing at all, without any obvious error showing up in their wallet.
Where to find generation settings
Navigate directly to your family’s allowance generation view:
https://kiddy.cash/family/:family_id/allowance/generated
Replace :family_id with your actual family ID, visible in your family profile URL. This screen lists every allowance that has been generated or is scheduled to generate, along with the rule configuration that produced it.
What the generation record shows
Each generated allowance entry surfaces the following fields. Use this as your inspection checklist:
| Field | What to verify |
|---|---|
| Child | Correct child is mapped — especially important in households with multiple kids |
| Amount | Matches the agreed KES value (e.g., KES 500/week for a teenager in Nairobi) |
| Currency | Confirm KES or whichever currency your family wallet is denominated in |
| Schedule type | Weekly or monthly — each has different generation logic (see below) |
| Generation date | The date the system will credit the child’s wallet |
| Status | Pending, processed, or failed |
| Source rule | The originating allowance rule ID — use this to trace back to the configuration |
Schedule-type nuances
Weekly and monthly allowances behave differently under the hood.
Weekly schedules generate on a rolling 7-day cycle anchored to the day you originally set up the rule. If you created the allowance on a Wednesday, generation will always fall on Wednesdays — not Fridays, even if that feels more natural. Review this carefully. The how to create a weekly allowance for a child article covers how to adjust the anchor day without breaking the existing rule.
Monthly schedules anchor to a calendar date (e.g., the 1st or 15th). Be aware of month-end edge cases: a rule set to generate on the 31st will skip February and any 30-day month unless KiddyCash has applied a rollback to the last valid day. Confirm this behaviour in your generation log. See how to create a monthly allowance for a child for how generation dates are handled at month boundaries.
Common mismatches to look for
- Amount drift — If you edited the allowance amount mid-cycle, older generation records may reflect the previous value. The log retains a snapshot of the rule at generation time, not the current rule state.
- Paused rules generating anyway — A rule paused at the family level may still show pending entries if the pause was applied after the generation window opened.
- Child wallet not active — A generation record with processed status but no wallet credit usually means the child’s wallet was inactive or unverified at the time of disbursement.
Why this matters beyond the numbers
Allowance consistency is a core part of how children build financial habits — something educators are increasingly formalising, as explored in why schools play a bigger role in financial literacy than most parents realise. When home systems like KiddyCash are reliable and predictable, they reinforce what children are learning in class. If your child’s school is also engaged with financial education programmes, how schools and families can collaborate on financial education offers a practical framing for aligning both environments.