Question of the day Wednesday

[LifeCafe42]

Do  your kids have allowance? How much? When did you start? Do they have to do chores for it?

[jessicaaris]

Nope. My oldest is 5 and he just started having to do chores to earn video game time (he was getting really carried away playing all day so we had to cut back a lot). Maybe in a few years.

[bether89]

 My oldest ds is 9 and he has gotten an allowance for about 4 years.  He has to do chores for it.  He gets $3 a week.

[Bradensmommy719]

Bean does not. But he does get daddy's spare change at the end of the day if he has any. He does have chores he has to do everyday.

[SammiBaby]

Not yet they don't. I'm not really sure when to start with my oldest and my youngest isn't old enough yet.

[lil_mama06]

No..My kids clean the house cause they live here too. But when they go to friends' houses or go shopping we give them money...

[midnghtsprnkle]

do have chores and they get they phone bills paid for allowance, they do get money handed to them for things but they gotta work for their phones..

[proudmommy690]

they dont get one

[GypsiSky]

My 5 year old gets allowance $5 per week for making sure no one leaves their shoes out of place and making sure no toys are left out when it's clean up time. My 7 year old gets $7 per week for helping mommy in the kitchen. One of my other sons is very musically gifted and was offered $20 per week to help my 7 yer old with her violin lessons, but he doesn't come through very often, lol. My 10 year old son gets allowance when school is in session, for keeping a good watch over his little sister in the auditorium as they wait to assemble for class. He gets $10 every other week for that.

[othermom]

They don't really. We were paying them for chores, then we sort of forgot to keep doing it. They do get paid for extra chores they do like a couple dollars if they help stack the wood and stuff

[mom2jessnky]

Nope, no allowance.

They do chores because they are members of this family and this is their house too. I wouldn't pay a kid to do something they should be doing anyway.