2006-09-25 04:50:30 · 22 answers · asked by Meg ♥ 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
I AM the 14-year-old. ;D
And I don't do chores... other then basic things like picking up after myself, putting away/folding my laundry, cleaning my room, etc.
But, I do babysit my younger siblings almost every day, and I'm responsible and get good grades in school (I currently have an 'A' average in all my courses besides Chemistry, that, I have a 'B' in.)
2006-09-25 05:03:46 · update #1
In our house it is a dollar per year of age. They do not get paid for doing chores but they do get it taken away as punishment or for lacking in their responsibilities.
Adding on...
You watch your younger siblings and I as a parent do not consider that my older child's "job" or "Responsibility". If I need my oldest to watch one or both of my younger two then she is paid the same as a babysitter would. Her being oldest doesn't make her a built in babysitter, but that is just my opinion.
2006-09-25 04:53:46 · answer #1 · answered by channielynn 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I was your age I got £20 a month. I think that's a fair amount. It teaches you to budget, and the hard to learn fact that once it's gone its gone. Stop comparing yourself to your friends. As a 14 year old I would hope that you help out around the house, every child is supposed to pull their weight. You're not hard done by, there are plenty of 14 year olds about that don't get any money from their parents at all. By the way, my youngest sister is 13. She works for 5 and a half hours on a sunday in a shop. Now stop moaning and paint that wall.
2016-03-27 08:54:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it really depends on if she did anything to deserve it. My daughter was an only child and I didn't give her a flat allowance. She had normal chores, like cleaning her room, things that she should do anyways without having to be paid to do them. Then there were extra chores that she could earn money on. I assigned a dollar value to each item and if she did them, she got the money for it. Like, cutting the grass was worth $10 bucks, or doing the laundry over the weekend was worth so much, cooking dinner was $5, vacuuming the entire house was $5, and so on. If she helps out on most things around the house, then in today's economy 20-25 would be a good starting point. Its hard to go eat, go the movies for $20 bucks anymore. And it also depends on what you can afford to pay her. But there are certain things that I don't believe kids should be paid for considering you're already paying for their clothes, their video games, the roof over their head, the gas to shuttle them everywhere, those jeans she just HAD to have, etc. You could also set her rate at an hourly wage and go from there too. Good luck with that, its not easy.
2006-09-25 05:02:42 · answer #3 · answered by Sandi A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was 14 (11 years ago) my parents gave me $10 a week plus money for lunch. I Think it depends on the kid and the parents. Some kids I knew didn't get any allowance, some got only $5 some got $30. It mainly dependson how much you feel your kid deserves.
My brother (now 16) doesn't get an allowance. He has a job instead.
My 4 year old gets an allowance of $5 a week. Her "chores" consist of things she should do every day anyhow, but it helps her learn responsibility.
2006-09-25 05:04:37 · answer #4 · answered by Genny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Allowance?
You are "allowed" to live in the house, eat the food, use the facilities, and for that you are required to do a certain amount of chores. Any chores you do above and beyond that you may get paid for, but parents should not be doling out money just because their kid exists.
At 14 my kid was able to do about $100/month in the summer which would drop to about $5 per week during school.
2006-09-25 05:08:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not pay an allowance in the typical manner. What I have done is come up with jobs that I would consider above and beyond the normal expectation of a child. (Example: Cleaning the bathroom) I have a list of these types of jobs and next to the job is a dollar amount. I do not require the kids to do these, if they do not volunteer I just do them myself. If one of the children completes a job on this list they earn money. The rule is that once the job is complete they have to have it inspected and I sign off that the job was completed in an acceptable manner. At the end of the week I add up the figures and pay accordingly. Some weeks my son's earn more some weeks nothing, it's pretty much up to them. The jobs I consider as part of being in a family (taking out the trash) I do not pay for. I am trying to teach my kids that as part of a family there are expectations and for those the reward is being part of a loving family.
2006-09-25 05:01:12 · answer #6 · answered by B 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
thats going to vary because each family has a different economic situation and every child does a different amount of chores...maybe explain your economic situation, what you do around the house and so forth...i wouldnt think that a fourteen year old would need anymore than twenty bucks a week...thats what i got, and i got along fine with that...of course you cant always buy the thing you want right away, but you can always save up, which is a great learning experience and way of life...
2006-09-25 04:53:58 · answer #7 · answered by *mommy to two* 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well my 11 yr old sister in law gets $20 a week and she does good in school and gets good grades and she does her chores, another thing my father in law does is if she saves her allowance he doubles whatever she saved. so say she saved all her $20 from one week then the next week she gets $40 but if she only has about $10 left then she would only get $20, maybe this idea will help you out and you can let your parents know about it. take care
2006-09-25 05:16:15 · answer #8 · answered by sephmine31092000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was 14 I got about $5 a day for chores max $25/week
But that was if I did all of my chores, sometimes I would get less than that.
2006-09-25 04:53:32 · answer #9 · answered by Not the one for you! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would depend on what you do around the house. If you did a bunch of chores, you should get more money than somebody that just does the minimum.
2006-09-25 04:53:35 · answer #10 · answered by girlonline64 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋