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Help with Allowance
One the suggestions by the counselor is to do an allowance thing. .... As of right now they do not receive a regular allowance but I do give them $10 here ...
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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 ...
Allowance
I totally agree with earning an allowance. I do agree with the list of chores your child ... We actually decided to do our allowances in a different way. ...
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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 ...
Allowence Time!
So now my almost four year old has been asking too. My question is what rules do I set for them to earn an allowance, and how much do I give them? ...
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- When I was young my parents gave us .25 cents each week after our chores were done. They also paid us .05 cents for each day that we practiced the piano. My sister gav...
- I've been considering starting my 4-year-old with an allowance and I've done some research on it. I've read that it's a good idea to set part of the allowance as a set...
- I know that when my nephew was about 4 years, he started to ask for an allowance. We had him do little extra things, other than picking up his toys and cleaning his ro...
Input on Allowance/Chore Charts/incentives
My thought was to give each child a basic allowance, and then a chart with chores listed that they can do to earn extra money. They will get an allowance ...
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- Whatever you do... make your reward system SIMPLE or your children will be bickering about the system! Come up with a reasonable allowance payout, per week. Personall...
- I started with the chore chart and the allowance and charts for school work and found they didn't work quite the way I expected. Stepdaughter started thinking she shou...
- L., I agree with Ellen's post (the most). Keep it simple. And I wouldn't tie ANYTHING to an allowance until it's above and beyond "everyday" things. I agree with...
Allowance-What Is a Good Age?
They do it because it's part of living in a home. I give them a modest allowance every Saturday no matter what, (To give them an opportunity to learn money ...
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- Our children get paid every two weeks when my husband gets paid. We pay them 1/2 their age every two weeks. So, basically $1 for each year of their life. To get paid m...
- I have heard it said $1 per age is a good amount to give a kid. For example, if your child is 9, that child gets $9.00. It is true that we don't get paid for doing...
- As a stay at home parent, I feel that I do get paid. My husband works hard that I can stay home, I don't sit on my backside and do nothing. No I work very hard at my...
Allowance
Rule 1: Children do not earn their allowances. That means we do not pay them to do their chores. Being paid for chores robs them of the dignity of holding ...
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- Hi B.- We have 2 kids, 10 and 6 years old. This is the way we do it: they have "family chores" like cleaning their room, picking up their dirty laundry and making...
- My son will be 8 in September. He has a list of chores that he is expected to do as part of the family. If he does extra jobs he gets "paid" for them. Different amount...
- Hi B., I use basically the same system as Amy. My daughter is 8 and has 3 banks. One is for saving, one is for spending and the other is for "special" items. When ...
How Do I Set up a "Chore Chart"
When I done my chore list i offered an weekly allowance that had to be earned by doing daily chores, each chore ... Allowance for 7 Year Old--how to Do It? ...
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- I love chorebuster.com! It will help you divide up chores according to age, etc.
- When I done my chore list i offered an weekly allowance that had to be earned by doing daily chores, each chore was worth a certain amount and if not completed they di...
- There is a basic chore chart that is reusable each week that you can purchase at TeachMart. There are also some that come in pad form.You can also make your own using ...
How to Motivate a 6 Year Old
It may be time for allowance. Make a list of chores and put a dollar amount to it (we do $1 per chore per week, up to $10 or 10 yrs) Then, ...
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- My sister in law has a great rule.. For as long as her boys are working productively on homework or chores, she allows them to play on their video games. Video games, ...
- Charts seem to work. When my mom,dad or brothers helped me or acted like they were helping really did the trick for me. I didnt want to feel like i was being punished ...
- It may be time for allowance. Make a list of chores and put a dollar amount to it (we do $1 per chore per week, up to $10 or 10 yrs) Then, set up some simple rules. If...
What Chores Do You Expect from Your 10 Year Old and What Discipline Do You Use
Since this was in lieu of a weekly allowance, it was the only way for them to earn money for whatever activities they wanted to do. No chores = no movies, ...
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- G., I have felt your pain. :) My husband came up with a really neat idea, and so far has worked wonders. (We've had the plan in action about 4-5 months now) First o...
- My 10 yr old sets and clears the table every night (pending homework status). She is also responsible for cleaning up any messes she makes. Also, she can dust the fu...
- I have a 16, 14 & 11 year old. I have one discipline method that really REALLY works with them. If I asked them to do something in the past, I dealt with the same re...
Household Chores - Kids
We also do an allowance. Now I know this is controversial, but I DO tie it to their chores, because they also get rewards through their saved bonus points. ...
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- We use accountablekids.com and love it. I dont give my kids money to do chores, this is their house and they are responsible for helping. They arent going to get pa...
- I am evil mom and I do "pay" my kids for doing chores around the house but this is an allowance and they only earn it if they do the chores and they are not under the ...
- This is a list that my husband found off a Christian dad's website. It has really been helpful to me to have this. 2-4 year olds help dust put napkins on table ...
