Should kids get an Allowance?

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Should kids get an Allowance?
Topic Started: Oct 17 2015, 02:13 PM (505 Views)
reddgirl64	Oct 19 2015, 10:13 AM Post #21
Posts: 10,087 Group: Members Member #284 Joined: Dec 16, 2009	Growing up, we got allowances. However they were not for doing chores around the house, they were for helping our grandparents on their farm, helping the neighbors, anything outside of the home, we got money for. Earning an allowance is like having your first job. You put in the work, you get paid. That's how it was explained to us.. My daughters got allowances, or as we called them, weekly expense money. Lunch money, was mainly it. They got $15 for the week, to spend at school. Other than that, I can't recall us, just giving them money.. However, back in the '90's, we entertained a lot. We would hire my oldest and two of her friends, to be 'waiters/waitress' at our parties. They would clean up the tables, pick up can/cups, keep the food fresh, etc.. They got paid, and tipped! My friends even started them teenagers as wait staff, for their parties and get together's. For three hours work, getting $80 plus tips, they did pretty well. (and was under constant supervision and home.. )



Rick1	Oct 19 2015, 10:17 AM Post #22
Posts: 16,099 Group: Members Member #186 Joined: Dec 7, 2009	I could have danced at the party. How much would you have paid me?



reddgirl64	Oct 19 2015, 10:31 AM Post #23
Posts: 10,087 Group: Members Member #284 Joined: Dec 16, 2009	Rick1 Oct 19 2015, 10:17 AM I could have danced at the party. How much would you have paid me? Around $200.. Sorry, they were mainly football/boxing get together's.. Now, today, this would have to be a private party!! Such a bad boy, you are.



VoiceofReason	Oct 19 2015, 10:32 AM Post #24
Posts: 14,809 Group: Members Member #1,071 Joined: Aug 27, 2011	Rick1 Oct 19 2015, 10:12 AM VoiceofReason Oct 19 2015, 09:52 AM Rick1 Oct 19 2015, 08:52 AM Since most kids are walking around with cell phones they aren't paying for, that is their allowance. That is enough. They can save their coins in a jar and have money that way. Kids today are already receiving too much as it is. That's true, Rick. I've told my kids they will have a phone when they can pay for a phone. My 12 year old doesn't have one (and I hear about it from her at least once a week). But she constantly asks for things so I want to find a way for her to "pay" for her stuff. It's really just moving the money from my pocket to hers, but having limited funds it's a feeling she needs to get to know. And, don't you have a step-daughter, Rick? I have a 18 y/o step son. My daughter is 24. Ohhhh.



VoiceofReason	Oct 19 2015, 10:34 AM Post #25
Posts: 14,809 Group: Members Member #1,071 Joined: Aug 27, 2011	reddgirl64 Oct 19 2015, 10:13 AM Growing up, we got allowances. However they were not for doing chores around the house, they were for helping our grandparents on their farm, helping the neighbors, anything outside of the home, we got money for. Earning an allowance is like having your first job. You put in the work, you get paid. That's how it was explained to us.. My daughters got allowances, or as we called them, weekly expense money. Lunch money, was mainly it. They got $15 for the week, to spend at school. Other than that, I can't recall us, just giving them money.. However, back in the '90's, we entertained a lot. We would hire my oldest and two of her friends, to be 'waiters/waitress' at our parties. They would clean up the tables, pick up can/cups, keep the food fresh, etc.. They got paid, and tipped! My friends even started them teenagers as wait staff, for their parties and get together's. For three hours work, getting $80 plus tips, they did pretty well. (and was under constant supervision and home.. ) Some of that could work for me, Redd. I like the tip idea. There are chores (for which I will not pay). But sometimes they go above and beyond. I could tip for that, or add it as a paid part of that chore. And I love the wait staff idea! That could also be babysitting for friends when we're entertaining. Edited by VoiceofReason, Oct 19 2015, 10:35 AM.



kennyinbmore	Oct 19 2015, 10:39 AM Post #26
Posts: 18,350 Group: Members Member #452 Joined: Mar 30, 2010	VoiceofReason Oct 19 2015, 09:54 AM kennyinbmore Oct 19 2015, 08:59 AM I never did the allowance thing. You want something? Bring me home some A's and B's. I refuse to pay my children to do chores they should be doing anyway. Ditto, ditto. I wonder if my son was so easy because of his gender. He didn't want the latest clothes and fingernail polish. That worked for my sons until about age 15. Then they got p/t jobs to pay for their clothes. I wasn't buying $100 Jordans



Rick1	Oct 19 2015, 10:43 AM Post #27
Posts: 16,099 Group: Members Member #186 Joined: Dec 7, 2009	reddgirl64 Oct 19 2015, 10:31 AM Rick1 Oct 19 2015, 10:17 AM I could have danced at the party. How much would you have paid me? Around $200.. Sorry, they were mainly football/boxing get together's.. Now, today, this would have to be a private party!! Such a bad boy, you are. That would work. I'm sure the tips would have been Excellent.



reddgirl64	Oct 19 2015, 11:10 AM Post #28
Posts: 10,087 Group: Members Member #284 Joined: Dec 16, 2009	VoiceofReason Oct 19 2015, 10:34 AM reddgirl64 Oct 19 2015, 10:13 AM Growing up, we got allowances. However they were not for doing chores around the house, they were for helping our grandparents on their farm, helping the neighbors, anything outside of the home, we got money for. Earning an allowance is like having your first job. You put in the work, you get paid. That's how it was explained to us.. My daughters got allowances, or as we called them, weekly expense money. Lunch money, was mainly it. They got $15 for the week, to spend at school. Other than that, I can't recall us, just giving them money.. However, back in the '90's, we entertained a lot. We would hire my oldest and two of her friends, to be 'waiters/waitress' at our parties. They would clean up the tables, pick up can/cups, keep the food fresh, etc.. They got paid, and tipped! My friends even started them teenagers as wait staff, for their parties and get together's. For three hours work, getting $80 plus tips, they did pretty well. (and was under constant supervision and home.. ) Some of that could work for me, Redd. I like the tip idea. There are chores (for which I will not pay). But sometimes they go above and beyond. I could tip for that, or add it as a paid part of that chore. And I love the wait staff idea! That could also be babysitting for friends when we're entertaining. We never paid for chores either, it was like, getting up, you made your bed; if it was your week to do the dishes, you did them..etc It was not called "chores" to us coming up, it was just part of daily running of the house. The idea came about, I hired a chef to cater my hubby's party. To my surprise, he didn't bring a 'staff' to assist with the food, or clean up. He said, he was only there, to cook. He never was used again after that. Luckly, my daughter had some friends over, and they assisted him that nite, and we paid them for stepping in. They loved it... They said, next time you have a party, let us be the staff. They would wear Khaki shorts and a white Tshirt. The babysitting is a great idea, especially for the holidays. My daughter had her friends asking to be part of the 'set up' because they wanted to make money. Most of the kids we knew, their parents were at the parties.. They would greet the guests at the door, ask if they needed something, keep the food on the table, show they were the bathrooms were, etc..just like a wait staff! One weekend, they made over $600 in tips.. I think if I had a teenager now, I probably would give them weekly money, just to have in their pocket. I'm trying to figure out why, I see it differently today, than the past..



VoiceofReason	Oct 19 2015, 11:20 AM Post #29
Posts: 14,809 Group: Members Member #1,071 Joined: Aug 27, 2011	Quote: I'm trying to figure out why, I see it differently today, than the past.. I'm curious about that as well. When I hear about teens and drug use, I always wonder where they got the money. My kid goes to school broke, and I like it. She's told me a friend loaned her a dollar to buy chips on a day when she didn't want the school lunch. I made sure she had a dollar to pay the kid back the next day but... I don't see myself giving her pocket money - yet. When she starts dating, she'll definitely be given mad money. (Lunch is paid for online.)



Can't Help It	Oct 19 2015, 11:21 AM Post #30
Posts: 1,710 Group: Members Member #2,755 Joined: May 18, 2015	VoiceofReason Oct 17 2015, 11:05 PM Can't Help It Oct 17 2015, 07:49 PM I agree with Snide, my kids except for the youngest one were rather frugal with their allowances. When the oldest one started driving I gave him extra to help on gas but their dad said I was spoiling him so I left it up to him to decide how to handle it....when he didn't I made a deal with my son, to pay half of his insurance premium and I would provide X$ in gas money...if he ran it all out he walked. So he got a part-time job after football season. We won't talk about the youngest one. What was their allowance based on? Chores or attitude or GP? And I'd like to hear about the youngest since he/she was not frugal. That's what I've got happening right now with my 12 year old. The youngest one is so much younger than the rest of them, by the time he came along they were in Jr/Sr High school. So what we didn't do for him the older ones did, so he blew most of his allowance on frivolous things. I had 3 boys and 1 girl, pecking order 1 boy, 1 girl, another boy then the last boy 14 yrs later. They all had specific chores to do for themselves. They washed/ironed their own clothes on schedule,(no such thing as wash/wear) took out the trash mowed the lawn, things like that, HAD to maintain good grades. At that time $15/wk was almost unheard of for a kid especially a black kid. My daughter liked to sew so she made a lot of her clothes (with my help of course) I bought her a sewing machine and she spent a good deal of her allowance on material. The boys were into sports so their allowance went for jerseys and both had a love of shoes. Then comes the surprise which everybody had a hand in spoiling him, but he had responsibilities also when he got old enough, but it wasn't easy. On Saturdays when he was supposed to be doing some of his chores his sister, or one of the brothers would come by swoop him up and be gone all day. At the end of the day though they must be taught that money isn't just laying around waiting for you to spend it. It has to be earned, and used wisely or you will be broke all the time, "buy what you need first and if any is left over buy what you want" an old adage from my Dad.



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