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Allowance
I think allowance depends on your family income and the age of your children. My son age8 gets 5 dollars a week for putting his laundry away, cleaning the ...
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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 ...
Advice on Allowance
Advice on Allowance. Our family has gone through significant changes in the last year. In the past we were able to buy basically whatever our children asked ...
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- Hi T., I am interested in giving my son an allowance as well to teach him about money. I found this website online and it looks pretty intersting. There is an artic...
- Hi T., You are SO on the right track.... good for you. I am 56 yr old grammy, Mom to 6 (three bio, two step, one foster). All but one of the step's have become adul...
- I really am not a fan of allowance, but agree that it helps greatly w/teaching the values of earning and saving for things you want. I give my children 1 dollar for e...
Thoughts on Chore / Reward Sytems & Allowance for Children...
I think at 10 they can start doing "extra" stuff for allowance, however daily upkeep of their room, their stuff is just part of being a family. ...
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- I also believe that children should do chores as being part of our family, but I have found that it has worked (for us) better to base their allowance on their chores,...
- Hello! I wasn't the one who posted the question, obviously, but we've been discussing this same issue lately. What awesome ideas! I hope I'm not intruding by postin...
- Hi L D, I read a great book called Children Who Do To Little by Patricia Sprinkle. It has great ideas and practial tips on how to teach even the smallest of chil...
Chores and Allowance
My children are 8 and 11 and do not receive allowance for everyday household chores. We believe that it is all members of the family's responsibility to ...
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- Hi, I have one daughter just turned 11. She kept bugging me for an allowance also. I finally gave an allowance when she was 10, with conditions. She would get $5 a wee...
- Goodmorning D. Whenn I raise my kids I use to have them help me I would help our 6 years old making his bed have him help you too,also he maybe help empty the dish wa...
- Mine is more of an anecdote than a response. I researched what an age appropriate dollar amount was and found that a childs grade is a reasonable amount...give or take...
How Do You Handle Allowance?
The kids have chores, but they are not tied to the allowance-it's just part of being a family. We used to do it all in cash, but now that my kids are a ...
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- We do 50 cents per year of age; 10% tithe, with the remainder split between investing in a savings account and spending money. The kids have chores, but they are not t...
- We don't give allowance. There are certain things that we all do in the house because we live here. Each year starting on their fifth birthday, each child gets a new...
- Check out Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace Univeristy. They have a program for kids and allowance. One thing he suggests is "matching" the kids savings for larger purch...
What Responsibilities Should I Require of My 5 Year Old--and How Much Allowance?
Aug 8, 2009 ... My sister made her kids pay 50% of their allowance to a savings account and 25% to "family taxes". The rest of the money was theirs to spend ...
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- our 5 year old helps put away laundry, match socks, cleans his room, picks up the communal areas when asked, helps lugs garbage to the garage, and even helps with pets...
- You are so smart ot start early. Also ahve him save up his change and go to a coinstart every now and then. Offerings are ok at like a dollar-no need to go crazy- th...
- In our home, allowance wasn't contigent upon chores. The chores were required, because they lived in the house and all household members are to participate. We taugh...
Help with Allowance
We give our kids an allowance because it helps them learn to manage money. Their allowance is given to them because they are a member of our family. ...
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- Hi T.: We have 5 children all of whom are grown and gone with the exception of our youngest who is 17. We did give chores and weekly allowances, their jobs rotated w...
- I know there are many thoughts on this, but here is my approach to this. When my daughter turned 4 and started the "I want that stage" I was trying to come up with ...
- T., We want our kids to learn that money is something earned not given away so we have our kids sign a chore log and at the end of the month we pay them .35/day (1 ...
How Much Allowance Should I Give My Children, and for What Chores?
I would like to start giving them an allowance (instead of just giving them ... Sit down and have a family meeting with them. If they are involved from the ...
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- Ask your boys! Sit down and have a family meeting with them. If they are involved from the beginning it's much more likely they will do their jobs and be proud of th...
- I'll probably fall in the minority here, but I think that allowance should be given only for extraneous chores from the children, like certain yard work or any special...
- In our home its a $1.00 per year of age (ex. $10 & $7) per week. Although they have opportunities to earn more if they do extra (raking and picking up leaves in the y...
Age Appropriate Chores
Doing chores is part of being a family member and I feel like allowance is a separate deal. Allowances teach responsible spending and how to make choices. ...
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- shhhhhh don't tell my four year old others don't have chores. He thinks its' Normal... hahaha He has been putting his clothes in a hamper since 18 months. He helps ca...
- I have not started giving allowance yet because I'm not sure how much to give. As far as chores they do most of them on the weekends. They are both girls and are 9 a...
- Our kids are 8 and 10 and we've had them doing "chores" since they were very young and first expressed a desire to be helpful. And we're not the only parents in our a...
Allowance
I'm not opposed to giving a child an allowance but under what content? ... child about money, but do you just give them money for belonging to the family? ...
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- My daughter is four and we do a small allowance of $2 per week. It is not based per chore it is given if she does 80% or more of her chores for the week. We use a pro...
- Not sure how old your children are, but my two oldest are 13 & 9. Every Sunday night we hold "room Inspections." This is a standing event so they know it's coming. ...
- My husband and I, and our daughter (9), have chores around the house. We also each get some spending money of our own. We do not relate the two. On occasion we will of...
