Allowance: Older Child
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6 Year Old Allowance
Asked by K.M. from Los Angeles
on November 15, 2008
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My daughter is almost 6 years old. She has no concept of money. She thinks that it is ALWAYS available to her. I want to start giving her an allowance, so she can b...
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- We do same as Kathy L, giving an allowance no matter what, expecting household help no matter what. If our daughter doesn't help around the house, she doesn't get to ...
- I seem to have a different take on this than the other posters. I believe that as soon as they can start understanding rewards/punishments that you begin to implement ...
- How much does lunch cost at school? Use that amount for a while as the weekly amount. Before you give her an allowance, practice values with her. We did that in my ...
Allowance for 7 Year Old--how to Do It?
Asked by N.B. from Salt Lake City
on June 14, 2009
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My 7 year old daughter wants to earn her own money. So, I think it's time to start an allowance, but wasn't sure if it should be tied to things she does to help our f...
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- My boys have age-based chores. Everyone has a dog chore, a dish chore & their basic chores. 5 year old sets & clears the table, 8 year old puts away the hand-wash dish...
- My boys, are 8 & 10. they have chores that are tied to their allowamce but they understand that there are other things that they are responsible for.. cleaning their r...
- I would encourage her to do chores to earn her allowance. I think it teaches a valuable lesson about the value of money and self-reliance. It doesn't have to be anythi...
Allowance
Asked by T.C. from Hickory
on March 22, 2011
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At what age did you start allowance with your kids? and how much?
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- T., My kids started getting allowance when they were old enough to do things to earn it, chores , per say. Setting the table ,taking out trash ,etc .It wa...
- Funny Story: We started giving our daughter $5.00 a week as allowance for small chores she was doing. Setting the table, keeping up on the cat box, etc. She was 10...
- we started allowances in Kindergarten. $5 a week - they have chores to do - so the money is not just given to them... My oldest is responsible for getting all the t...
Allowance
Asked by L.R. from Allentown
on April 8, 2010
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What is a reasonable allowance for a 14 girl who only lives with us half the week and does no chores?
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- i started doing chores when i was 5 years old. and i got paid to do so (farm chores and house chores) she should have things that she is required to do to get the allo...
- Allowance... is not an obligatory thing. Nor should the child "expect" it. Have her do things around the house or get a job or something. Or helping you around th...
- I personally like the method of figuring out how much is usually spent on a child and working them up to where they are responsible for earning and allocating all of i...
Allowance
Asked by A.H. from Minneapolis
on April 22, 2008
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I want to know what other parents give their kids for allowance. My 7 year old son takes out the garbage and keeps his room/bathroom clean and of course he picks up af...
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- Hi A., We actually decided to do our allowances in a different way. We bought a "commission worksheet" marker board online for each of our two kids. Each board list...
- I totally agree with earning an allowance. I do agree with the list of chores your child has and should be earning a couple of bucks for his committment to his tasks. ...
- I donot give my daughter allowance. I figure it's her responsibility as a part of our household/family and that if I were to pay her I'd be bribing her and she'd only ...
Allowance
Asked by L.P. from Sacramento
on March 16, 2010
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My daughter is 6 1/2 and am wondering about when you other mom's started an allowance for your children. She's starting to understand more about the concept of money ...
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- When I was young my mom gave us money for doing chores, but my personality was that I would rather not do the chores and not get the money, so that didn't work too wel...
- My 8 year old's base allowance is $5.00. I deduct from his allowance if his choirs are completed. He also has a way of earning more money, good days at school, good ...
- Hi, my daughter is 7 - she has many "chores" I guess you could say but most of them she doesn't get paid for. I don't really call them chores to her, these are the thi...
Allowance
Asked by S.W. from St. Louis
on August 4, 2009
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So, my husband and I are taking this wonderful class at our church called Parenting on Purpose and we have learned a lot of great stuff and gotten great ideas. One of...
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- There are 6 kids in my family and I'm not sure what my parents did for the rest. I'm the youngest 5 years younger than the next, but here's what they did... and I thi...
- Our girls have certain things they are expected to do around the house, mow the lawn, take out trash, empty dishwasher, that they do because they live there and are ex...
- What about rewarding them every week with how their behavior is and whether they have accomplished their tasks (whatever they may be and that you set out for them)by t...
Allowance
Asked by J.H. from Grand Rapids
on September 9, 2008
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Can't find posting for Allowance questions but I am sure it's been asked before.
Last school year I tried the concept of NOT tying chores to an allowance. I asked m...
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- J. - I, too, am the mother of four and have all the same issues. I've given up on the posted chart. The only thing I can get with regularity is unloading the dish...
- We give a dollar amount equal to their age (ex. 10 years, 10 dollars). Try getting paid for doing their chores. If you have to take out the garbage that costs, for e...
- Hello, I really liked Jane's Post and one other I can't remember the name. As was mentioned earlier, I think that children should be taught to work together as...
Allowance
Asked by R.C. from Los Angeles
on September 15, 2011
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At what age did you start giving your children an allowance, frequency, how much and were there certain expectations from the child? My oldest is in 2nd grade and ano...
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- Well, we did not use this method but I like the sound of it none-the-less. You say that some of the family chores can be done by kids and then they receive some of th...
- I give my children the same in money as their age . I.e a 10 year old would get $10 a month. They have a list of chore that HAVE to be completed every day, and they...
- Yes, tying allowance to chores, grades and getting homework done makes a wrong impression, IMO. Allowance is spending money. Paying kids to do things that they give ...
Allowance
Asked by D.F. from Allentown
on November 16, 2008
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I am seeking advice on how much to pay my older girls for the chores that they do each week. My 13 year old daughter is responsible for vacuuming once a week (all the ...
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- I never received an allowance growing up even though I did the same cleaning type tasks to help my family. My parents made it clear that those were obligatory tasks a...
- Hi D., I have 2 things to share from Suze Orman. I saw an Oprah show she was on and she had a question and answer session via video phone with some viewers and someone...
- Hi D.... my kids are a little younger but this is what we do, they get half their age and a raise every other year (that way we don't deal with change) And it makes it...
