Replies to 'Good Parenting'

I personally do not believe children should be paid for every little chore that they do in the home for it is their home just as it is any one elses. My children are still very young but they do have chores and they do get money. They get a dime for their banks when ever they do certain things but on days when it is the family cleaning day, they do not get money. I don't have a problem wiith a set amount weekly or monthly, whatever the parents decide, and I don't see a problem with giving kids money for something that they need as long as they are being taught the value of money and learning respect and responsibility as well as to know the difference between wants and needs. They need to learn that money does not grow on trees and it isn't going to hurt them to save some and to buy something for them selves. If they expect handouts and no accountability then they will not succeed as adults. Parents need to set the boundaries and rules of the home and stick with them. I think kids need to learn that some things we just don't get paid for, it isn't going to hurt a kid to fix their own bed or feed the dog and wash dishes, whatever the issue might be. If it were me, and my daughter expected to get paid for every little thing, I would proabably say something like, "you will get your money at the end of the week and if you do not do this chore then I will deduct money from your allowance." Someday, she is gonna be on her own and live in her own home, then what? who is going topay her then? Got to set those boundaries and go with it.