CHORES??allowance??

Question

how many chores should i give my 14year old daughter? and how much should i pay her a week?

Answer 1

laundry, sweeping, 20 bucks?

Answer 2

WOW!! Does she buy her own food, pay rent, arrange for her own transportation?

Chores are simply lessons for independent living. By doing housework - dusting, vaccumming, laundry, dishes, she'll learn to do these things on her own. She will not be 25 years old and feel as if she needs a maid to clean her own place.

I'd suggest putting her to work with those things and reward her for extras -- for example, success in school generally equals a paycheck. If during the summer she takes on more housework -- let's say she does all the cleaning and preps dinner, pay her for that.

An allowance is a great idea. I understand that we do need to teach kids how to handle money, but I don't think letting kids get off with a free ride at home is the way to do it. Maybe she's a stellar kid, and I know there are some out there, or maybe you are in a higher socio-economic class and have the money to grant freely. I think $10 a weeks teaches to budget, and really save up for larger items. Plus, birthday and grade earnings can help out with those large purchases.

Answer 3

Personally, I think it's important to completely separate the two. A child should do work for the family because family is important, a unit that works better together than separate. Similarly, an allowance is given to a child out of the parent's willingness to help that child, and to give them some control over their own life. Linking the two (especially in the phrase "pay her a week") transforms the family into just another workplace--the capitalization of the home.

Give her the chores that she has the time to handle (i.e., make sure she's focusing on school, and that she has time to spend with her friends). Give her the money she needs to buy some things, but not many. It also depends on how often you randomly buy luxury goods for her--if every time she asks for new clothes or music, you buy it for her, she needs less. But if she has to buy all of her own CDs, or pay for her own gifts to her friends, she needs more. And of course it depends upon where you live and how much money you make.

Answer 4

Helping around the house doesn't qualify for an allowance. Doing extra things may qualify. At 14 she should be able to rake leaves, mow yards, shovel snow, babysit, etc...
I had chores when I was a kid and to have steady money I either did extras, or relied on my mowing other peoples yards after ours was done. In the Winter I shoveled snow. In the Fall I raked leaves. In the Spring I planted bushes. Sometimes my dad would give me a few bucks, but it wasn't ever something I would expect.
Because of this I grew up with a sense of responsibility and self reliance.

Answer 5

Who really knows these days. When I was 14 I had to make sure the vacuuming was done and the dusting before I went anywhere on a Saturday, but I did not get an allowance as my parents felt that I was contributing to the family and that they fed me, dressed me etc. so no allowance was given. I raised my kids the same way. I guess $15/week would be ok if she does say the laundry or dishes for the week.

Answer 6

I think doing the laundry, cleaning the house like dishes, vaccuming would be good for her. My 9 and 6 year olds both can help with the vaccuming and folding of the laundry and even the dishes. Depending on the amount of the chores she does I would say $20 to $25 a week would be a good start...

Answer 7

chores? allowance? you got to be kidding me, she is 14, she is high school. In my hourse we learned to do everything together, we all cleaned our own rooms and then my mom cleaned the kitchen and me and my siter cleaned the living room. We eac h cleaned our own bathroom. Shopping we did together on a weekend. And my mom made food, during the week and I made food on a weekend. I didn't have an allowance my mom gave me some food money in a morning like 10 and if i needed more i just would tell her for what. I think the whole chores and allowance think is bullshit just go with a flow, see what they need. don't make a schedule out of it.

Answer 8

If you have animals, she should feed and give them water morning and night. Doing the dishes after dinner wouldn't hurt. Probably taking out the garbage. If you have cats, she should clean the kitty litter. This should be good enough. Also, if she wants to go somewhere over the weekend, make her clean her room before she leaves and give you her bed sheets to wash. The pay is defineately up to you. I would say between $10-$20 a week is a safe bet. Good Luck.

Answer 9

Vacuuming and taking out the garbage is better than laundry because laundry can turn funny colors until you learn how to do it and kids are careless and in a hurry. You'd be risking it! But $20 - 25 a week sounds good.

Answer 10

if i was a kid still i would want alot but i will give you a reasonable answer: 3 dollars a week and 20 chores a day

Answer 11

dishes, laundry, take out the trash, vacuum and cook. you shouldn't pay her to do these things because she's part of the family and should contribute. you don't pay yourself for taking care of your family, do you?

you should give her allowance so she can learn about money and finance. give her enough money to buy lunch and movie. since she's 14, it's time to look for a part time job.