We’ve talked about it before but this is as evergreen as it gets in the parenting world: allowance, yay or nay?
What say you, dads?
Posted by Life of Dad on Sunday, October 29, 2017
Philip Noseworthy: No allowance [because] chores are family duties. That grow as they become older. Pocket money is earned by reading books, writing stories, helping siblings with homework, or taking them to the park.
If there is a movie night with friends, I have no issue with funding that, (occasionally), so long as the home responsibilities are taken care of regularly.
Michael Devany: I wouldn’t class this as either but since my little one was born he has been getting £15 a month into his account so he will have something when he leaves the house. University, car, house, etc.
John Wade: Living at the house and getting to eat was my allowance. They live there so chores should be done out of respect not money.
Kevin Timlin: We give my our son commission based on chores. If he does them all it ends up to about $8 a week (he’s 9). And when we pay him every other week we make him put one dollar into a piggy bank for “savings” and one in an envelope for “giving” whether it’s at church or somewhere else. Then if he wants something extra like junk food or a little toy, neither or which we typically buy. He can use his own money. The biggest idea being to teach him how to use and save his money so he’ll know how later in life.
Ken ChangingSky: I will not pay my children to do things they have to do around the house. I will give them extra for things outside of normal chores. Trying to teach my kids these things need to get done whether you like it or not, and not to expect to be paid for every little thing they do.
photo by Hobbies on a Budget.
Tay Heilman: My kids don’t get allowance. They get to do things (field trips, dances, yearbooks etc). I panned out $35 for a field trip, $45 for yearbook and $5 dance just this week. My daughter will do chores on top of her regular chores of unloading the dishwasher and picking up her room to earn what we have allowed her to do and funded. I tell you what it has given her great work ethic.
Ian Matthew Eppard: My kids are too young now, but when they’re a little older I want to give them a little allowance and teach them to spend and save.
William D. Hawkins: We do allowance in our household. Kids need money and they need to understand the value of a dollar; yet understand it’s not just so simple to go ask mom and dad for cash when want to buy frivolous things. Over the course of a week by age the three have chores that have to be done. Deadline for specific chores is Sunday evening. If they do not get the chores done, then they have to be done on Monday and they do not get paid for them.
Jeff Cotter: Give them jobs around the house they are capable of or need to learn. Have a pay chart for each job. At the end of the week or two weeks, give them a “paycheck”. I do this with my kids and they learn responsibility, patience, and how to save up for something they way.
Flickr photo by Carissa Rogers.