Allowance/Paying for chores...

My DD isn't old enough yet to even worry about this, but I thought I'd chime in on what I'm thinking of doing when she is old enough. I plan that there are certain things she has to do just because she lives in the house and its part of life, etc., but I'm also thinking of having a "fee schedual" for any extra chores/jobs that she can choose to do for money. As an example... keeping her toys orderly/out of everyone elses way would be something that she has to do just because its part of life, but then say she feeds the cats she might earn 50 cents. Whatever the extra chores/jobs are, I'd have them written out so that she would know if she does xyz she'll get so much. Good luck!

Our 12yr old gets $5 a week for unloading the dishwasher everyday and helping cook a few times a week.Our 5yr old gets $2 a week.I do not pay every week. I keep a log of what I owe them and when they have enough saved for something I give them the money.

I'm kind of in the same place. Q has chores that he has to do, it's part of being a family. He didn't really care for that explaination, but when I pointed out all the things I do without getting paid, he was ok with it. He walks the dog. Feeds the dog. He helps to bring his laundry to the basement. But he has no understanding of money and value. He just wants everything - of course. So I'd like to give him an allowance of some sort, but he needs to earn it, like I earn my paycheck. I don't know what to do to make him earn it. Homework, behaviour and helping out at home are not jobs, they are expected and should be done. Disciplined if not done - not rewarded for doing what should be done.

I have a 13 year old and I give him 15 dollars a week. That sounds like alot after reading the other entries but he is a huge help. He recieves the money on sunday and monday morning he deposits half in his savings account. The remainder he uses to by extra food at lunch, toys or candy. He works really pretty for that. His behaviors also factors into that.

My daughter is 11 yrs old and she has to have her regular family chores and personal chores done before she can do any money-making chores. She gets five dollars a week for allowance with no strings attached (except she might be 'fined' some of it, for example if she begs to rent a movie from Redbox on a Sunday - when it is difficult to get back to return it once the work-week starts - then I'll pay the first night and she loses a dollar a night from her allowance until it is returned). For chores I don't pay a lot, she gets a dollar and a half for each wheelbarrow of manure raked up and dumped in the big pile. (She used to get $2.50 when she was little because she could only do a few.) My mother made the mistake once of offering her a nickel per pine cone to pick them up and 1600 pine cones later that deal was cancelled never to be repeated! ha! I try to offer just enough to motivate her to do the extra work. I'll pay 50 cents to have a load of my laundry taken out of the dryer and folded, but only 25 cents to put a load of my clothes in the washer or to move them from the washer to the dryer. My mother overpays for everything, she pays a dollar per kitty litter box (the barn cats have 3 boxes). Also my mom will pay ahead (loan the money on a promise of doing the work), but I only pay for work that is done. I've offered my daughter a hundred and fifty dollars if she paints the barn after school lets out. I am hoping she will do it! But she doesn't get any money for climbing up the ladder and cleaning out the gutters because that is a family chore (my mom and I hover on the ground providing moral support).

We have an 8 year old and we don't pay per week, but we do pay per chore she does.She chose to do the following chores: *take out garbage *take out recycling *keeping the computer room clean (she's the only one that uses it)So depending on how much there is for garbage/recycling she gets between $1-2/each/per week and if she keeps the computer room clean every week she gets $1.50.Also, if she chooses to do other chores without being asked, she earns more money ranging from $1-$2 per thing she does.

We don't pay for regular chores. They do get an allowance but it isn't tied to the regular chores, except that if I have to do those chores for them I will charge them. So if I make their bed, or clean up their toys they have to pay me to do their work. Occasionally we offer opportunities to earn extra money. My 13 year old and her cousin each earned 10 dollars to vacumn and deep the van. My 13 year old gets 10 a week, but she has to pay 10 a month for her texting. She also has to pay for extra activites like skating, movies, or swimming. We pay if the whole family is going but if she is doing it with friends then she has to pay. My 9 year old gets two dollars a week, and my 5 year old gets 50 cents.

their grade. My 15 yo is in 10th and I'm thinking of doing his age as he does more. This is twice a month when I get paid. If items are lost and have to be paid for, there is no allowance.