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2006-12-14 16:27:04 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Friends
Yes. My son has a list of chores he has to do daily in order to get his weekly allowance. I think this teaches him not only that he has to earn money but also how to budget. He's only 8 but he can budget with the best of them. Funny story about that. . . I sent him to school last week with 10 dollars to buy christmas presents for my mom and dad (his grandparents) I figured for the little cheapy gifts they sell at school that was enough. He came home with a present for grandma, pappy, his sister, me, my boyfriend, and a dirt bike for himself. . . I need that kid to go christmas shopping with me LOL.
2006-12-14 16:33:42 · answer #1 · answered by ricksgrl2005 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Children should do chores around the house from an early age. Even toddlers can be taught to pick up their toys and put them in the toy box. If a child recieves an allowance they should do something to earn it. Also if parents don't teach their children to clean house, wash dishes, do laundry, and ironing as well as some basic cooking, how will they survive once they leave home and live on their own. I remember washing dishes when I had to stand on a chair to reach the sink.
2006-12-14 16:33:12 · answer #2 · answered by Country girl 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think children should do chores and be paid for it. It shows them that they will have to work to earn the money that they will make. However, I agree with one answer, they should not be paid for cleaning their room.
Do not give them money until they are old enough to add and subtract the money. Teach them how to keep a check book register of the money they earn and save, and subtract the money that they use to buy a item they want so that they can learn how to do a check book register. They need to put part aside to put in the bank.
2006-12-14 16:31:31 · answer #3 · answered by Sparkles 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on where they are doing the chores. If they are doing the chores in their place of residence then NO I don't feel they should earn money. However, if they are somewhere else (like a relative or something), then YES they should earn something.
I don't feel children should be paid to do chores at home because chores are a part of living, you know being responsible. If they are cleaning up or something at their home, they are merely doing what they are suppose to do.
2006-12-14 16:30:23 · answer #4 · answered by TAS 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think its a good idea because, You get a sense of how the real world works, like when your older, you have to work to get money and you get a certain amount of money in which you have to budget your things so you dont spend to much then cant pay your bills. Another reason would be because it helps the child become responsible and learn how to clean so that when there older then can clean their house or apartment or where ever they live. It also helps give them rewards for the good things they do so it also gives you a sense of right and wrong as well.
2006-12-14 16:32:37 · answer #5 · answered by beth 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think all children need to learn the value of the dollar, its not mean to kids just having them do a few little things for themselves . it teaches good manners and teaches them to respect the people they are around. but a system works best to i have seen that chores plus good manners should be rewarded.
learning to do the things they hate now wont slow the down when they try to get on thier own.
2006-12-14 16:48:07 · answer #6 · answered by Ravenger 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think doing chores around the house to earn money is a great way to give a child a sense of work ethic. They way they aren't spoiled and know what it is to earn what u have. It teaches them responsiblity.
2006-12-14 16:31:03 · answer #7 · answered by AngelU 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
YES i feel children need to learn responsibility. and if giving them 5 dollars to do work an they use that to go to movies or something by all means that is 5 dollars you do not have to give them an you got the dishes done WIN WIN, you win because you got things done around the house kid wins they got there own spending money, now it doesn't have to be 50 dollars a week keep it 2 dollars for dishes vacuum dusting a week
2006-12-14 16:35:17 · answer #8 · answered by rodeogirl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it teaches kids the value of a dollar. We had a chore chart that listed everything that needed done on each day with a monetary value, our daughter had to initial what she had done each day and I had to check for her to get paid. She learned pretty quickly that money doesn't grow on trees. She also figured out that she didn't want to waste money that she had to work for.
2006-12-14 16:50:34 · answer #9 · answered by Jinny E 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chidren should do chores to help pay for their raising. It dose not hurt a child to clean the kitchen or cut the grass. My children are rewared in many ways for helping out. I sometimes give tehm money or sometimes they get a special gift.
2006-12-14 16:58:19 · answer #10 · answered by justcurious 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋