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Allowance/chores
So now that the kids have a chart with their responsibilities and chores, I have to figure out how much to pay them. A will be 11 in a few weeks, M will be 4 at the end of January. A's "job" right now is to take out the trash and to keep his room clean. A lot of the tasks are things that he should be doing without pay, like his homework and room. I'm going to have him now wipe down his bathroom, empty the dishwasher, and take out the trash in all 3 bathrooms. I was then going to add extra jobs that he can pick up if he wants more cash for something. What other chores do you think an eleven year old should be doing?
So how much would you pay him? Everywhere online says as little as .10 cents a chore each time its done, to however old they are a week. I want him to want to earn some cash, but I also don't think he should be getting $44 dollars a month for doing what most families consider he should be required to do for free.
M's are more to help keep him on a schedule like getting dressed, brushing teeth, putting toys away, saying please and thank you, no whining, etc. I was going to give him a nickel for each magnet he gets on the chart. Even if he did everything every single day, he would end up with $2.45 a week which is more than enough to make his piggy bank happy.
A: 10.02.03 M: 01.28.11
Re: Allowance/chores
Chase has his normal chores that he dosent get paid for like, making his bed, keeping things picked up, taking the trash/recycling out. But then he gets paid for other things like sweeping the floors, vaccuming, cleaning bathrooms and yard work. Basiclly we pay him for doing the jobs Chris and I would normally do.
He gets $20 a week for cutting the grass an weedwacking. But that is a crazy serious job considering how small our yard is now. Depending on what he does, he gets between $5-$10 a week for his other jobs.
Kids are so lazy these days and everything they want is expensive so you need to give them a reason for wanting to earn money. Giving them .10-.25 per chore is not going to motivate them to want to do anything. Madden maybe, but not Aiden.
Though with your boys, M wants to do everything A is doing, so if you offer to pay M for his services like you are with A he might get a better result. Of course you can also pay M in the coins and pay A in paper money at another time so M doesnt feel slighted. Especially since M isnt as capable as A is in doing most things. But then again, that actually might motivate A to help M out. Part of A's "paying chores" could be to help M do his. Showing him the proper way to clean this or pick up that. In turn it would benefit A because M will want to help A do his "big boy chores" too.
Just a thought.
http://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12439646/keeping-with-the-trend-poll-on-allowance/p1