Totally agree.

When I was growing up the old school days we was lucky to get a meal so times, we had chores to do but no money for doing them if we didn't do them properly we will get a hiding.but today is different I reckon the kids of today the parents just give them money and they don't have to do anything I reckon pay the kids money for chores and that's their pocket money also well

Just imagine, a mum who always gave her kids money for their work is sick and asking her kids to bring her food and meds. And kids do not do it because mum can't pay. :D

It's the only way I had to teach that money does not grow on trees, they had a star chart and every job according to difficulty what color star they get and the color also meant value in cash, at end of the week they get their money and Monday morning an amount to their choice would go towards their school banking, rest to spend as they wish

They should do their housework for free, no money for that. If I want to give my kids money, I will give them only because I want to and because I love my kids. The housework they are doing is for their own good, to keep their room clean, or they may eat out of clean dishes. Who is going to pay me for cooking, cleaning, washing, taking kids to school, gardening, and all that stuff?

Yes, it will teach them how to manage small amounts of cash, as training for when they get older.

Yes they all need to know how a household works and how to take care of themselves in the future. Doing jobs at home teaches them how to earn money to buy something they really want.

Maybe kids could learn that there are certain chores they are expected to do simply because they are part of the family and the family all pulls together. And then there could be extra jobs like lawnmowing, gardening, that they could be paid an allowance for. It is finding the balance where youngsters learn from experience that their labour is a valuable asset and they can earn by using it, this teaches the basics of working for, and hopefully saving for their futures.

I was raised to do work around the house without being paid. Why should children be paid for doing chores to help their parents? If your children have to be paid, isn't it a form of bribery? I would rather do the work myself than to pay children to do it instead.

FOR SHURE I HAD TO DO IT AND I, LEARNED TO APRECUED THE VALUE

When I was a kid I used to work my guts out in the garden for 20 cents, then I found out I was entitled to dirt money and penalty rates... Then I found out about child labour, so I gave up working for manipulative opportunist bosses and started my own business collecting empty bottles and cashing them in for the refund deposit.. The garden was full of weeds after that and I had 10 times as much pocket money..

YES!!

I taught my children if they do their jobs you they get payed ,sometimes they did'nt get payed because they had to no that they can do jobs with out pay ,doing jobs with out pay is vulontry.All of my children are now adults and work hard .Not one of them are lazy they are doing well for their selves.

Builds, self esteem, and depending on age and jobs, gives them the tools to learn the value of money and the benefits of helping others doesn’t always come with a price tag. Self confidence and that parents and guardians are there personal atm

Good idea good to have time off to

Yes definitely.

Earning rewards. Mowing, sweeping & pool cleaning are the original GoFundMe page.

I would say yes also. My reasons is that reward for a job well done builds confidence in yourself and then you take pride in what you do. At the end of the day we all trade time for money.

they need to know the value of money and do little jobs around the house to earn it, and also save it.

l say yes but l can guarantee that the parents would never have to open their purses

As kids we all had to do chores to earn our pocket money. The girls helped Mum with washing dishes, sweeping floors, the boys helped Dad with the clean up of the garden and the lawn. These days kids seem to think pocket money is a right without any effort on their part to help in the family.

Yes,all kids should earn money,different types at different ages . They also need to learn what to do with it. I saw an article about pocket money/earned money that suggested 3 jars . 1 for saving ,1 for spending,1 charity/donations. Discussing what they should put in each between you and your child,having a goal for saving and learning the value of money. I found it interesting but maybe not for everyone

I think all kids need to learn responsibility for their age and I think they should have an allowance or an amount of $ attached to certain chores. I also think certain chores should not be given an allowance. Momma doesn't get paid for cleaning up after everyone! It teaches them slowly, but surely about being in the work force and how to pick up after themselves and how to be responsible. Even if they don't get a job, it's just better to teach that certain jobs have to be done around the house everyday just so things don't pile up and get messy!! Kids need to learn routine, structure, how to care for themselves, their health, their environments, etc. As parents that is our job to help our children to grow up to be happy, courteous, intelligent, healthy in body, mind, spirit, etc. I made the mistake of not teaching my oldest kids at young ages with chores. Learned with my younger ones, though. I just remember how much I hated chores as a little kid, so I thought I would let mine wait until they were a little older. No, didn't work out well. Took a lot more work to fix. Age appropriateness and balance are key. Edited 03-Apr-22 17:00pm

YES 4 many reason's, 1 how to get on with another, 2 how to listen, 3 that nothing comes free, 4 if they don't do it themselves they won't learn, 5 it will give them pride in themselves, 6 make them feel like they r part of where & who they live with.

No I don’t agree, as a parent it’s your responsibility to teach them life skills that they don’t learn at school. I do agree though that they can do chores around the home and garden for money as a teenager. If they want to start earning too do more things with their friends Edited 03-Apr-22 16:37pm

Yes they should, back when I was in the boy scouts we had a money making scheme called "bob a job" the idea was to go around the neighborhood and get to help our neighbors' with odd jobs. The money of course went to the scouts. But you soon learned how to earn pocket money. I paid my way to the Jamboree in this fashion.

Definetely that way they learn to value some of the things they get. All children can do jobs, keeping their room tidy, putting away clothes, doing dishes, watering the garden etc It doesn't have to be a big deal, but it is a big deal if they get everything for nothing.

I think children should be allowed to be children and when they are old enough then let them earn money and realise the importance of managing money for their future and to buy without credit what they want.

Yes they should because it teaches them responsibility and the value of money

Yes

That’s how they the value of money and working for it.

Yes !!!!!!

I think so.

Yes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I done paper run after school and money got me a new bike. It gave me a sense of value for money but it could have also come from my Scottish heritage

Once upon a time the only way you could buy anything was with cold hard cash/money. and it was fairly easy to demonstrate that working gave you this commodity so that you could live, love and enjoy life and buy all your necessities. This is no longer true as children see their parents buy whatever and use their plastic fantastic card. So the original incentive is no longer there and I really despair of what will happen in the future.

money is a necessary evil and needed to sustain both a lifestyle and your self-concept. the sooner that your children realize that and that life isn't meant to be neither fair nor easy the better. I've got relatives whose families include 3rd and 4th generation unemployed where the 'incentive' to be just a dole-bludger is both ingrained and inculcated, Oh, and ALL of my grandkids are now successfully enjoying worthwhile careers after starting out with part-time jobs while they were going through high school.

Not for the home work

Yes I agree

Yes as this helps them in later life, eg being responsible for money and knowing if they work hard they will make or earn the money they have. That has to be a good thing. We were made to do chores and we would be paid pocket money. Children need to be responsible for their own things and belongings. Their bedrooms should be kept clean and tidy most of the time.

No such thing as a free lunch. As they grow, they need to be taught responsiblities.

Kids should be responsible to do jobs without pay and when old enough do some for a small amount. My kids did the dishes and made their own beds as part of being responsible not just for payment

Of course they should but then it is entirely up to the Parents to see to it that their children learn to have a Strong Work Ethic. One of the biggest problems today is that Parents are obsessed with everything other than their children. They farm them out to strangers to look after them - before school, after school and during the school holidays and those strangers really are not very interested. Trophy Kids to be trotted out when convenient for their part-time parents. Today's younger people want everything instantly. They are not prepared to start out with a small house in some not-so-leafy suburb such as their parents started with. They want the immediate mansion with 5 or more bedrooms, 6 bathrooms a lounge, a family room, a formal lounge for guests, a separate dining room they never use, the 3-4 car garage & possibly also a swimming pool, an office and a theatre! They can't be bothered to teach their children themselves to put out the bins for a few dollars every week. I worked in a servo some years ago. A man came in with his, possibly 9-year-old, son who reminded him to get out his pocket money - No "Please" and, after being handed $50 note, certainly NO "Thank you". What had this brat done to actually earn that $50? Probably nothing so of course he was not learning the value of money.

I think every job they do has a reward

yes i beleive they should do jobs for money so they can learn helping is rewarding

I think it would be harder to teach the value of money if kids didn't have to work for it. As adults we can't just ask for money and get what we want without any effort. Oh wait actually we can live off government support if we wanted to. But would you teach your kids that or would you tech them to aspire and develop a good career? I want my kids to be resourceful, have some entrepreneurial abilities and learn to manage money so I'll make my kids work for it and encourage ideas on how they can earn money before they're old enough to get a job. I won't tell other people how to parent though because there are lots of factors, they know their own kids better than I do and it would be rather arrogant to tell people what is right for their own child. I know my kids so I can make that call but I don't know their kids and what conditions that family has so there ya go.Edited 03-Apr-22 11:47am

We dedicate our lives to it and pretend it's worth it. It is God in this sick world.

It’s a parents choice but kids can learn a awful lot from having to set goals to achieve what they want

Yes

YES, they value money more, when they have to earn it !!!!!!!!

When I was young, we all had little jobs to do such as washing and drying the dishes, making our beds and keeping our rooms tidy. IT didn't hurt me and I still make my bed every day and keep my bedroom tidy

it is very good idea. The kids will have an incentive, a reward, a feeling they can achieve, for REAL LIFE TRAINING. Just a little bit for minor pocket expenses. Of course they will still be dependent on the parents 99.9 %.

Yes, I think kids should get a job for money in order for them work to earn money for theirselves instead of depending on their parents to give them money all the time.

Yes, so they could understand the value of money

yes, but good luck with that.....

Duh!!, Of course they should!!

I think all should be taught to work as a family. Chores need doing if one should get pocket money. also along with giving pocket money saving needs to be taught also. Many years ago as a kid I got 6 pence[5 cents] per week for my chores of this 1 penny had to be saved. A pie cost 6 pence so if I wanted 'bought' lunch I had to wait 2 weeks to get. Times were different then :)

most definitely

I really don’t know

Yes, age appropriate tasks.

They need to learn accomplishment and learn to be proud of the work you they do by watching others and learning to do what they do is well learned thing that will last through out their lifetime.

Yes, when our daughter was young she got pocket money for doing odd jobs and when she was 9 she wanted a pony, so I told her she could have one but she would have to do small jobs to pay for it. Her husband and her have a good house and land and 5 horses!. My sister never made her children or grandchildren do anything and wonders why they treat her as a money tree and have no respect for her at all. The grandchildren won't even move their cup off the table and put it in the dishwasher.

Yes it teaches them for adult life that nothing is free

if their parents get their money from us taxpayers, why should their children work? oh, break the cycle.... good idea.

Should all kids need to do jobs for money - NO (because capitalism does not WORK for "People of Color")! What every kid needs are parents who taught them how to manipulate capitalism or capitalism will manipulate them as kids and as adults!

Yes, they need to know you don't get money for nothing

Yes I believe so.

It teaches them to get of their internet and get their bodies moving.

Definitely.

Yes but they should also be taught to help without expectations of rewards

Do most adults work for money... Yes. Do most adults have to do jobs that they don't get money for... Yes. If you want your child to have any sort of morals they'll be expected to do everyday things for nothing, bigger jobs can be rewarded in ways that aren't necessarily money. It's possible to enjoy being a child and have responsibility. If you want to guaranteed ruin them, give them money for nothing. A part of any money given should have to be saved as practice, even if it's for short term goals i.e saving for a more expensive toy.

Yes, doesnt hurt them. Then they learn how the world works and they dont expect things just handed to them.

Absolutely otherwise they begin to expect everything in life just being handed to them on a silver platter

Yes teaches them nothing is free in this world and you need to work to get everything

Why not, that's how I used to earn money when I was a child.

I always gave my children pocket money (the amount depending on their age) without expecting jobs to be done for it, but expecting good behaviour. If they wanted something special, they had to find work of some type (and they became adept at this!) & I would match them $ for $.

no, money comes later, teach them first, to help to do chores at home, so they learn the value of helping each other, helping others.. Yes earning money is good, but money is not everything. Love and education starts at home

I tend to agree with you.

that's the way i raised mine, they had an allowance, but they had certain chores to do, no worky no payee, oh they tested me,, but they learned fast that no money for a week sucked,, ;-))

Not to all the time

They need to do chores for money. 1. To learn the value of money. 2. To learn that work equals payment. 3. To learn that as adults we need to work to be part of a responsible community.

You don't necessarily have to give them money. You can give them rewards like extra gaming time or buy their favourite treats.

I think they should, within reason. It gives them a good work ethic, makes them realise nothing in life is free and gives them a more realistic outlook.

Only if the child wants a job. (talking teen here) But helping around the house, yes. Every child should help around the house for NO pay.

Yes

No pocket money is pocket money. They can earn extra by doing chores. However, they should be responsible age appropriate for making their beds, keeping their room clean and tidy and any dirty clothes into the laundry etc. Not chores, not pocket money. After that perhaps setting the table, loading and unloading the dishwasher, rubbish out and such.

yes teachers things are not free in life teaches them values

All of us appreciate a reward for our efforts, children love learning this includes the payment for jobs done, gives all of us lessons n giving and taking instruction in all things.

I think an education should always come first so constructing and writing grammatically correct sentences make them better candidates for employment.