We give the kids $20 a week allowance for helping around the house. I wonder if we should change to no allowance but pay them for jobs they do that we would hire out if they didn't do it. Like mowing the yard, cooking dinner, etc. They are teenagers.
2007-02-24 02:48:18 · 13 answers · asked by answer lady 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
I have never paid my son allowance and alway made him earn the money he wants to spend...it is a positive motivator (when there is something he wants) without me having to resort to getting on his case. Sure, there are times when he slacks off because there isn't anything of particular interest that he wants; just about that time is perfect for a mother/son outing to the mall where he comes across tons of stuff he just has to have!
Another upside is he really thinks and ponders what he wants to spend his money on because he knows he will have to earn it...not just wait for it to accumulate over a few weeks. He worked hard and saved up to by an MP3 player, but when Christmas rolled around he wanted to buy his friends fairly pricy gifts...he both earned money and sold him MP3 player to buy his friends the gifts, so he has learned at an early age you can't have everything and sometime you have to give up things you want to for other things you want.
2007-02-24 02:53:56 · answer #1 · answered by bottleblondemama 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think there should be no set rules. Some kids have a hard enough time without throwing money worries into it. I think kids should get a percentage of parents income. Especially if they do a large portion of the work in running the house. I know I was under allowanced as a teenager, and I missed out on a lot because of that fact.
2007-02-24 02:52:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have been paying them an allowance to help around the house, don't take it away now. If they are faithfully doing what is asked to earn the money and suddenly you decide to take it away, it would suggest to them that your end of the contract is changeable, and they don't have the ability to alter theirs. This would send a message that any employer could decide what they are worth at any time and they would not feel as though their services were valuable. Encourage them to take on other tasks that they don't presently do without offering more money and see how they react to that proposal. If they fight it, then talk about altering the dollar amount to suit their present chores. Good Luck
2007-02-24 02:56:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i got here across that making a catalogue of chores and the $ volume you're keen to pay for one and all extremely works. Be functional on the $ volume however, it could extremely upload up. in case you're saying a sequence volume for allowance each and every week, then in the event that they do a million/3 of their chores, they nonetheless anticipate the completed allowance, and how do you establish? it could get not basic. the only subject I bumped into is that if there is not something she extremely needs to get, then she gets lax in doing chores. Now there's a topic!!!
2016-10-16 09:34:14 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if they have a part time job, and earn at least $40/week, then I would stop giving allowance. 17 is a pretty good age to discontinue allowance.
2007-02-24 02:55:16 · answer #5 · answered by Pauly W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that's a good idea actually. After a certain point in allowances just seem sort of childish. So you would basically be doing the same thing, just giving it a different name. It might make them seem more grown up and able to choose what they want to do.
2007-02-24 02:53:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I definately think that allowance should stop seeing as they are teenagers.
They need to learn responsibilty and finances.
Like you said, pay them for chores they do around the house.
2007-02-24 02:57:20 · answer #7 · answered by JLW74033 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They should get more than $20 a week..since you said that they are teenagers... My daddy use to give me $1.00 when i was like 5, then when i turned $12 I got $20 then when I turned 14 it went to $40....
2007-02-24 03:42:58 · answer #8 · answered by lishaxlisha 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When my kids reached teenager years htey were paid for what they did. The more money they wanted the more they did. Taught them more responsibility and eventually lead them to seek parttime employment after school.
2007-02-24 02:58:57 · answer #9 · answered by mimegamy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stop paying them when they're old enough to go out and get jobs.
2007-02-24 03:29:16 · answer #10 · answered by pisceswoman87 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋