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? https://www.facebook.com/lifeofdad/photos/a.434607921426.227352.299622516426/10155648769781427/?type=3 Philip Noseworthy: No allowance [because] chores are family duties. That grow as they become older. Pocket money is earned by reading books, writing stories, [...]
The word itself has a negative connotation: chore. It's a chore, it's hard labor, ugh, "do I have to do that again?" But not all chores are created equal and not all are loathed by those who bear the recurring responsibility. I myself love doing laundry, or, better put, I [...]
It might surprise new and non-parents to learn that the topic of a kid's allowance is one of the hottest of hot button issues in the parenthood world. Some parents think kids should be rewarded financially for doing household chores, some vehemently disagree. Here is how some of the [...]
The stereotype: “Housework is the only activity at which men are allowed to be consistently inept because they are thought to be so competent at everything else” – Letty Cottin Pogrebin The reality: “The fellow who owns his own home is always coming out of a hardware store” -Kin [...]
