Allowances and chores?
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Allowances and chores?
| Wed, 07-02-2008 - 1:44pm |
When do you think it is too early?
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I think as soon as kids understand the concept of money buying things, they can handle a little money on their own.
We have a sort of sliding scale on what I will pay for and what they will need to spend their allowance money on. For instance, this summer, the kids seem to want to go to the movies a lot. I will usually pay for them to go to the matinee once a week, but I won't pay for snacks. That has to come out of their allowance.
I will pay DS' greens fees if he is going golfing with a friend, but not for a cart. That has to come out of allowance.
I will pay for basic clothes, but not for stuff like the year DS was collecting Converse Hi-Tops. That was on his own.
I do not link chores to allowance, although I sometimes offer my kids money to do chores I would normally hire out.
I don't think it's ever too early to start doing chores.
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Ducky
I think it's on a case by case basis. Many toddlers can understand picking up toys (thanks and a tip of the hat to Barney- he diod nothing else for us but he did teach dd the "Clean Up" song which actually helped her a lot). Other chores can be added as the child seems able. But which chores and when will depend on the child. I would say, "too young" is when they don't understand the nature of the chore they are being asked to do or are physically unable to do it.
oy I am the WORST rolemodel here.... .since I can barely bring MYSELF do to chores. Liza doesn't have any assigned chores other than clearing the table -- she does help me fold laundry and um.... everyonce in a while I give her a task like organizing the linen closet -- but since i can't even get my hands around the whole 'regular chores' concept I think Liza may be a lost cause LOL
I can never remember the whole allowance thing either -- I do a reading in centive program where she gets $1 for every book she reads -- $2 if it's lengthy, $3 if its like Harry Potter lengthy but that's it.
god we're such slackers
- Jeane "Dear Abby" Phillips, in an interview with Lisa Leff.
Yes. We. Did.
We have never done allowances. The kids have their family chores, which are not paid. There is a list of extra chores that they cna do which is paid. The going rate is usually about $1. But they are not allowed to do the paid chores until their unpaid ones are done. They usually ask about paid chores around age 10.
Chris
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When do you think it is too early?
Chores are not linked to allowance in any way.
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