Raising Concord
Raising Concord: Should an Allowance Be Allowed?
Getting paid for doing everyday tasks around the house has become the norm, but shouldn’t kids do these things as part of their daily responsibilities?
I’m old school. I’m stubborn, and I don’t follow trends when it comes to parenting. We don’t watch TV during the school week, we don’t sit on the computer and play mindless games and there are no hats, cell phones or bad manners at our dinner table. So, when my friends started asking me how much allowance I give my elementary school-aged children I laughed ... out loud. Why in the world would I pay my children to do the things needed to sustain the house they live in? I did some research on the topic and, it turns out, much to my surprise that there are a host of “professionals” that believe children should be paid, for example, 50 cents per week for each year of age. In this scenario my 7-year-old would get $3.50 per week. Others have …
SuperSiblings
12:49 am on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
I enjoyed this article and agree about the concept of paying children allowance for basic, every day things can be a bit ridiculous. I like your perspective about the bigger projects a lot. I have my own web comic and use humor to portray my perspective on these things. I would love to have you visit my web site and hopefully find this specific strip humorous. Thanks for the article. http://www.… more ›