Should children get allowance for doing chores or should they do them regardless and get allowance separately?

Question

I have my own opinion and rules in my home but I am interested to see what others think.

In my home the chores are done regardless, it's called learning to live. We do give allowance as well, however bad grades, disrespect, chores not being done, etc. can cause allowance to be withheld, thanks for the opinions!

Answer 1

I think they should still do there chores without expecting money. But in my house we give our kids allowance.

Answer 2

I do not give an allowance tied directly to chores. I tried, but found that tying money to chores either by the week or by the chore didn't work, at least not for my daughter.

She has a reloadable Visa gift card that I add a set amount to at the beginning of each month with the understanding that she is to do chores when asked (she does not have a set list of chores) and she needs to do them without argument or a bad attitude and without being reminded several times. If during the month she does not follow my rule, she will not get paid the next month. I've been doing this for a year now - she didn't get paid the third month (it was because of attitude), and she's been great about her chores ever since.

Answer 3

In my househould i give out allowance, 5 dollars a week if all chores are done and a's and b's are made at school. I do this becasue my children are quite stubborn and would not do the chore's without the money, however i believe it has helped them because my youngest daughter has now saved up 300 dollars of her own money to buy gifts on a trip we're about to take.

Answer 4

I give my kids an allowance for doing their chores. If they forget to do a chore a dollar gets deducted from their usual amount. Their usual amount is $5 every two weeks. So that means if they forget 5 times that they don't get any allowance for those two weeks. I also try and tell them that they should save their money and not spend it right away and get candy.

Answer 5

Sorry I was brought up in the 50's and 60's where you were given an allowance FOR doing your chores... and NOT given it if you didn't do them....... and isn't that showing a child what CAN and often DOES prepare them for grown up work later? I mean if an adult doesn't do his job, he is NOT rewarded with his paycheck.... he's usually FIRED... if you just go ahead and hand a child an ALLOWANCE, he gets something for doing NOTHING... so where's the incentive to do the chores? He doesn't want to do dishes, SO what, he still gets his money at the end of the week..... WRONG ANSWER---what do you teach a child by just GIVING him money without making him THINK he is EARNING it.???????

Answer 6

NO, allowance should not be tied to chores. Everyone in the family should be helping out around the home simply because they are all part of the family!
Kids just need walking-around money.
Nor should money be tied to grades - that's a kid's job!

Answer 7

No do not give the an allowance on the side. The reasoning for this is that the way that they will "work for their money" will translate into their daily lives later on in life. If they believe that they will get money no matter what, even if they do a poor job at a task, then they will do the same later on while working at an actual job. They will have a higher tendency to stand around and do nothing thinking that they are going to get paid anyway.

Train them early in that you need to work for you money, and they will become very successful later on, and they will most likely thank you for it.

Answer 8

I have never paid my kids to do chores. There payment is a clean home and a happy place to live. Nobody pays me to scrub the floor or cook dinner so I don't pay for the daily chores in the house. If they want to earn money I will give them special chores to do so they can work for their money.

Answer 9

My kids get allowance and do chores, but they don't get paid to do their chores. The allowance is just spending money that we give them. As members of the household, they are expected to do certain chores and they don't get paid for it. But we do sometimes deduct from their allowance if they don't do their chores. That seems to work better than grounding them.

Answer 10

Tell them that they should do their chores without expecting money because that's just what they are supposed to do to help out the family and that's how they learn to do things. Also explain that you will give them money for it when you have it to give because usually people get rewarded in life (esp at work) when they work for it.