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Allowence Time!
Asked by J.M. from Denver
on August 29, 2007
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My oldest daughter Jayla who is almost seven (Oct. 6) has been asking for an allowance. So now my almost four year old has been asking too. My question is what rules d...
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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...
Giving an Allowance?
Asked by J.S. from Los Angeles
on May 25, 2008
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Hi Moms! Our 10-year old son is requesting a $5 a week allowance. He takes out the trash and recycling; sets and clears the dinner table; empties the dishwasher, gets ...
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- At the local swapmeets, they sell ceramic piggybanks with NO opening. My BIL makes his kids stuff them to the top and when they cant get one more cent in, they take it...
- Dear J., Sounds like you have a GREAT KID! I don't know all the info to take into account, but if he is that good and you don't give him SOME freedom to have his ow...
- Hi J., I think giving a child allowance is an opportunity to teach many skills. You can teach him budgeting, etc, so he can buy things. Don't assume you know how ...
How Much Allowance Money to Give 4 Year Old
Asked by B.C. from San Francisco
on March 27, 2008
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My son just turned 4 years old and my husband and I have been talking to him about him starting to do some simple chores around the house and receiving allowance money...
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- Hi B., I encourage you to step back from your question of how much to give, and ask yourself, what do you want to teach your child through this allowance money? ...
- My sister has done a great job with her children. She gives them a jar of nickles (about $2 at that age) and then takes nickles out for bad behavior and puts extra in ...
- Hi B.. I started to give pocket money when mine were 6 years old, they had/have more understanding of money than age 4, every child is different as your son may un...
Allowances
Asked by D.T. from Dallas
on April 8, 2007
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My oldest just tirned 5 and we want to start an allowance for her. We have not done this before so we aren't sure what the best method is. We have already decided that...
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- I second Dave Ramsey. My kids are on "commission," not alllowance. They "work, get paid; don't work, don't get paid." Commission means "to give authority," whereas to ...
- We started allowing our son to earn an allowance when he was about 6 or 7 (not very long ago). He understands there are certain chores that are his responsibility and...
- We found the kids program from Dave Ramsey. We like his philosophy and simplicity of it...you can find it on his website...he has different recommendations depending o...
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...
