What are your thoughts on alloting £ to the kids for house tasks?

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ScientistJo@reddit

I don't pay for chores like emptying the dishwasher or taking the rubbish out, because those are necessary tasks that benefit everyone in the house. I do pay for things that take more time, like washing the car, just to give my son the opportunity to get extra money now that things like paper rounds don't exist.

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adminillustrator@reddit

Growing up we had a chore points system. Different chores were worth different number of points. E.g. take out the bins 1pt, do the dishes 3pts for wash and 2 for dry. mow the lawn 6pts. At the end of the week pts were multiplied by 20p per point. Don’t have the minimum point requirement of 20th that week - nothing for you but your siblings take your share.

I recall it working fairly well tbh but appreciate it was a bit over the top. As a parent I havnt done the same. It’s less obvious that the kids want things they’ll save up for as opposed to subscriptions or need right now.

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ChocolateSnowflake@reddit

Everyone in the household contributes to keeping the household tidy.

No one get paid for being a functioning member of the household.

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Warm-Marsupial8912@reddit

Well I've heard a lot of arguments for paying children for chores but that seems incredibly detailed and specific!

My brother and I weren't paid for chores because it was seen as pulling together as a family and making the house run beneficially for all. No-one gets paid as an adult to run their own vacuum cleaner around or do their own laundry

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PaleConference406@reddit

My thoughts are that you have a really bizarre view on this.

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Lessarocks@reddit

I grew up in the sixties and seventies and we had to do a fair amount of housework in return for pocket money. It made the transition to having our own homes that much easier as we were used to cooking and cleaning.

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Onyx1509@reddit

Good luck when you're in a nursing home and your kids won't come to see you unless you pay them.

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Sad_Restaurant_5276@reddit

Its worth a pound to have your chinmey swept by an urchin family member

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DoctorWhofan789eywim@reddit

Money is not a good incetive for chores. Kids shouldn't grow up expecting rewards for doing the most basic life skills.

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Morazma@reddit

My parents tried it when we were reasonably young and we never were really motivated to do chores because the concept of money didn't really click.

The thing that really taught me the value of money was seeing them not have the money to afford basic things, the constant worry of losing the house, not having full meals.

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Defiant-One-5967@reddit

We don’t pay for all chores, just the optional and difficult ones. They are expected/encouraged to do basic clean up after themselves and if they want to do extra (like scrub out the bath tub, or steam the floors etc) they get money added to their pocket money. We use coins to pay them as a way to help their brains understand money as a concrete object and not just an online figment of imagination.

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Barbora1519@reddit

I asked my friends if they give their kids pocket money . Both mum and dad told me that that would be absolutely ridiculous to teach the kids that doing things around the house is something they should be rewarded for or expect some special praise for . They want to teach them that those things are a normal part of a family life and they are not up for discussion or negotiation , that’s it’s something where everybody has to simply pitch in . It completely resonates with my opinion on the subject . My brother and I used to clean our flat from a very young age, because we came home from school much earlier than our parents from work . Although we hated doing it , we never felt exploited or being hard done by . And it gave us very useful skills for later life .

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L-0-T-H-0-S@reddit

I was simply expected to do chores. Chores and pocket money weren't contingent in our house, chores are just a fact of life kids either learn or they don't.

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BarbiePeonies@reddit

Personally I was never paid for chores. It was expected to keep your own things tidy and then on Saturday we would clean the whole house. If anything we slowed our mum down with all the talking and creating more mess lol.

If I ever wanted or needed money I was able to just ask my mum and she’d give it. Obviously after asking why. Knowing that if I wanted a bit of money and I had access to it meant that I didn’t really want it that much. (Idk if that makes sense lol)

I like it this way because getting paid to do something you won’t be paid for at an older age doesn’t really make sense to me.

My friends who did get paid for chores actually struggle a lot with it now lol

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bishibashi@reddit

Sounds like you have an axe to grind OP. Spill the real tea.

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PlanKind3681@reddit

we got pocket money if we did chores. to be honest with you, i think it put us in the wrong mindset. chores are a part of life that just needs to be done as part of your routine.

when we were old enough to have a paper round, why care about pocket money since it paid more. we got part time jobs consistently to get cash.

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citrousredux74@reddit

I didn’t really grow up here but I think it makes them too money oriented in an ugly way.

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