What is the weekly allowance for a child?

Answer 1

It should be between $1 and $5 in my opinion.

Answer 2

It largely depends on the age of the child, how mature and how responsible they are and what they actually do to earn it. Obviously some things are worth more than others. I actually don't think its a great idea, although I can understand the opportunity to teach them about handling money, I don't think its a good idea to pay them for simply doing what they should do as a member of the family anyway. I think it shouldn't apply to everyday chores, thats just what they should do. I think they should be rewarded for good grades, extra achievements or extra jobs, that is much more like what real life is and how it will be in the adult world. Extra effort is compensated but there are a lot of things you just have to do and you don't get paid for that. You can also put rules on it that say that a certain percentage of their allowance goes in to savings, that is an important value to instill in a child and will help him throughout his life, I would then encourage them to carefully consider what they really want to spend the rest on. The whole point of parenting is to prepare the child for life in the real world so any opportunity to teach lessons that reflect how it will really be should be taken. You also want to ensure that they don't have enough cash on hand to get in trouble with, especially when they get older.

Answer 3

My daughter, who is 6, gets $1 just for allowance. If she does extra chores then she gets extra money with the chance to earn no more than $10 a week. We pay per the chore and have amounts already listed, so she can pick what she can do when she says that she is bored. Such things on the list include reading out loud for 15 minutes (50 cents), vacuuming (1.00 for the living room (we have a big room), dusting each item (10 cents), etc. Decide what you are willing to pay for. For my husband and I who both work full time, the little extra chores help us out and let my daughter earn extra cash. This also prevents from hearing the words I AM BORED from my daughter. She knows that if she is bored, she can look at the list of things to do and pick one and earn some extra cash. The other day she asked if she could do dishes, my husband supervised and then gave her two bucks 'cause she asked to do them (minus the knives). We don't pay her to clean her room, put her laundry away, or feeding her dog. Those are things that she has to do because she lives in our house. The reason we don't pay for those things are because we want to teach the value of teamwork and the value of working hard. Also if she work at grandma's house (or anywhere else), no one is allowed to pay her for her time. This is called community service. We also offer cash for good grades too.

Answer 4

It depends. If you're giving them allowance based on things that they've done (chores, finishing homework, etc), then you can make some kind of agreement with them (i.e. a dollar for each chore they complete that week...etc). Also, it depends on their age. Smaller children (8 and under) should only get about five dollars or less a week- just money for buying candy at school, or whatever. Children between 12-9 usually want around ten dollars a week, or more, depending on how active they are and how many things they do with friends (going to movies and such). Good luck :)

Answer 5

Depends on the age.I say between ages 4-7 around $5 a week,ages 8-10 $7 to $10. ages 10 & up depends on how many chores they have and actually do.Rate it on a few $$ on one chore each.Because the more money they get the more willing they are to do the work

Answer 6

Depends on how old the child is, and what their responsibilities- ie:chores- around the house are. If they're like early elementary age, start off with a dollar or two, and gradually increase it as they get older and become more helpful. You should probably be at least to $5 by junior high years.

Answer 7

im 19 and i never got allowance. i dont think kids should get allowance either. y should a kid get paid to clean his room and do the dishes? they are supposed to do that anyway.

just think in the 16th century to the 19th century woman had as many kids as possible so they could work on the farm and provide for their families. it was a privelage of those kids to eat and sleep in a warm bed at night for their work. they never got paid.

by the way...to all u parents who give your kids $20 every week or so and your kid is 14 or up...they are most likely buying weed. i know this. i was that age once and thats what al my friends were doing. even if u "know" your kids are doing drugs....think again. i was a straight A student, good daughter and friend, but i smoked weed everyday. i dont now. but just think about where ur kids money goes.

if u give them money give them some cash when they go out w/ their friends on the weekends, but not all the time. its unnecessary to give kids money to do chores they have to do anyway.

Answer 8

Depending on the child 5-8 like 2-5 bucks, 8-10 ---5-8 bucks,10-12--- 8-12 bucks, 12-15---12-20 bucks after that they can get a job lol

Answer 9

I think $5.00 a week if the child is under 12 of age. When your child turn 13, the should get at least $15.00 a week only if they have to by the lunch in school. But. if not the should only get $10.00 a week.

Answer 10

5-8 about 5 dollars a week

9-13 about 15 depending on if they do what they are asked around the house.

14-18 about 25 as long as the grades are good and if they are doing what they are asked around the house.

Allowance gives a child a positive incentive for good behavior, good grades and housework.

Answer 11

It depends on the age. I give my kid from $5-10$. Starts out at 5$, if all the list of chores and must-dos are completed, he gets up to 10$