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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 for a 6-Year Old
Asked by K.T. from Sacramento
on June 4, 2009
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Hi there,
My daughter is 6-years old and has just completed kindergarten. She's in a place where she "wants" a lot of things whenever we go out and I've begun to tal...
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- Hi K., The marble idea is great. I did that but with actual coins. At the beginning of the week I put the coins in the jar um for 6 I would use dimes or quarters. ...
- We also give $5 a week, when earned. We sat down with our son and developed a list of reasonable chores for him to complete. Eventually we won't tie in the allowance t...
- Hi K., I'm ALL about positive reinforcement (R+) for good behavior - I am a positive reinforcement trainer. I use a version of TAGteach (see www.TAGteach.com) wit...
Any Rules for Allowances?
Asked by F.M. from Chicago
on January 14, 2008
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Hi Moms:
I have a question. I have a 14 year old girl. She is a very good girl. Her grades are good, she does her chores, she helps out with her little brother. I ...
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- OH MY. You will get a lot of answers with this one! I have kids from 26 down to 5 and through the years the amounts have changed. First of all, what can you afford? If...
- I used to always hear that the rule was a dollar for each year of their age (per week) but personally I think that's too much unless maybe they have to pay for some ac...
- My kids are still small, but when I was your daughter's age I got $20/wk which was for school lunches as well as regular spending money. I had enough to go to a movie...
