Determining allowance for teens

When you are determining what children should be paid for chores or if they should be paid, you need to decide if they will get paid on an individual chore basis or on the chores as a whole. Many parents believe that it is the child’s responsibility to do chores on a weekly basis. It is the parents’ way of teaching them responsibility. Like if they wanted a pet, it would be up to them to handle the upkeep of the pet, whether it would include feeding, bathing, or cleaning up after them. Also some parents believe that the child lives in the house and they need to contribute to the household and since they do not have an income coming in then they can do this through chores.

Some parents believe that it is beneficial to pay their children for chores. If the child has a list of chores and they do all of their chores each week then they get a set amount. One way to handle if the child doesn’t do the assigned chores, you can take away part of the allowance for each chore not done. If they are supposed to earn ten cents for making their bed on a daily basis and they didn’t do it on Wednesday, then they owe you five cents. This can be a very effective way to make sure your child does their chores.

Another way that the chores and allowance can be structured is that the child has a list of chores and if they do all of their chores but one then they don’t get their allowance. This will keep the child from only doing the chores they don’t mind and skipping the ones they don’t like. This can be a good tool to teach them that there will always be tasks that you don’t like but still have to do. With this method it is easier to make sure your children do their chores because they want to get their allowance.

Children benefit from having chores on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. It teaches them to be responsible for the household not only for themselves but for everyone. If you work on teaching your children responsibility at a young age they are more likely to continue doing their chores as they get older. It is always up to the parents to decide if they child will get paid for their chores. At no point in time is it a requirement for them doing chores. Without chores in their lives, children do not learn the general duties for taking care of a household. They need to learn how to keep a clean house, wash clothes and take care of the pets. By teaching your children these things you are helping them grow into responsible adults.