Shaketha Marion McGregor means business. Instead of arbitrarily giving her children an allowance, the single mom from Georgia created a hiring event complete with job applications and interviews. © Shaketha Marion McGregor/Facebook Mom's genius idea McGregor shared the idea with her Facebook friends Tuesday and it went viral with more than 100,000 shares. The corrections officer said the wheels in her brain began turning after a recent shopping excursion with her kids Jahkeem, 13, Takeia, 10, and Serinity, 6. “I gave each of them a few bucks and said, ‘Spend it any way you want,’” McGregor told TODAY Parents . “It was different than me buying them something — they were suddenly checking prices. I noticed they were more cautious because it was their money . They wanted to save.” McGregor saw a “fire” in the youngsters for money management and it got her excited. "I started to think of ways I could teach them about credit and how to budget t...