Comments on: Kids and Chores – Do You Delegate?

By: Lesley Munnings

Lesley Munnings — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:30:15 +0000

We have four kids who are various ages.
The youngest who is also autistic loves to help out with chores. She is 8. She loves to help wash up, dust, wash the car, set the table and vacuum(she likes the deep pressure of pushing a heavy vacuum cleaner).
Another of her favorite chores is helping with the shopping.
The teens are not so keen though , but as parents we feel chores are about living with others in relationship and therefore need to be done without payment.
Over the years we have tried chore charts and keeping a log of who does what and linking this to pocket money, however it hasn’t made a great deal of difference removing this.
Nowadays chores are done and receive a thanks from mum or dad and anything over and above the regular chores may receive a reward.
We try to work together when doing chores so we set the example and the standard. We put music on and chat while doing chores.
We try to be aware when the kids are studying more and therefore need a bit of respite from chores as well.
Communicating our thoughts and feelings with the kids helps greatly as well as the kids get older. our kids seem to go the extra mile when they know we are tired.

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By: CindyMorus

CindyMorus — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:46:54 +0000

When my daughter was 7, she was responsible for emptying the dishwasher. All the dishes, glassware, silverware and pots/pans were in the lower cabinets so she could reach everything. At one point, she was seeing a psychologist who had a fit with me that a 7 year old was emptying the dishwasher. That was the end of that psychologist as we obviously had very different opinions about things!

My opinion about chores is that everyone in the family has chores to do just because they live here. Chores don’t have anything to do with allowances.

Allowances are about learning to handle money and the only way kids learn to handle money is to have some. Kids shouldn’t just be “given” money, though. Along with money, should come responsibilities.

For example, figure out how much you spend every week/month on entertainment for your child and transfer that amount of money to them along with the entertainment expense. You might be surprised at how they spend that money when it’s their money vs. when it’s your money.

As they get older, you can transfer responsibility/allowance for gifts, clothing, etc.

Don’t forget to include and amount for saving and for giving.

If you’d like to get a copy of my about-to-be updated Allowance ebook, please go to my contact page: http://www.MendYourMoney.com/contact and let me know.

Cindy Morus, Your Money Mender