Their money is mine now

By C
@ShyBear88 (59347)
Sterling, Virginia
October 15, 2024 1:43pm CST
I treated my children like if they didn't do their chores, I'd have their dad pay me bi-weekly $30 to do them. This meant they got zero of their allowance. So today, when he woke up for the day, I told him that $1 for our 13-year-old daughter was now mine. He was like, "What did she do?" I explained that two days ago, I asked her to move her clothes into the dryer and her brother into the basket. She never did it. The kid had a three-day weekend, and I asked her on Sunday. Yay for me getting and dollar and boo to my teen that will learn, hey, do your chores or get nothing kind of like a job.
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Kayla Tsukino
@kaylachan (68196)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Oct
Have to learn somehow.
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C
@ShyBear88 (59347)
• Sterling, Virginia
15 Oct
Right
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rakski
@rakski (119965)
• Philippines
16 Oct
that is a good way of telling them what they should do and what they will lose on not doing it
C
@ShyBear88 (59347)
• Sterling, Virginia
21 Oct
Thank you, I thought so as well. If sick I'll let it slide because I know they are sick.
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C
@ShyBear88 (59347)
• Sterling, Virginia
23 Oct
@rakski yes! Right now my kids are indeed trading off being sick.
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rakski
@rakski (119965)
• Philippines
21 Oct
@ShyBear88 that's understandable when they are sick
OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (89744)
• Arvada, Colorado
23 Oct
I agree with that system..it seems the only way.
C
@ShyBear88 (59347)
• Sterling, Virginia
23 Oct
Hopefully we will see.
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (79209)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Oct
What your doing is a great way to teach them responsibility and to do what is asked of them,
C
@ShyBear88 (59347)
• Sterling, Virginia
23 Oct
Thank you! I think it will be helpful in the end. Plus, it's not like I'm using the money they don't get on anything. It'll just go back into our family funds unless my husband tossed it into my book stuff.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (217610)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Oct
I was spoiled back in the day. I got something like $5 as a monthly allowance plus a dollar for mowing the lawn.
C
@ShyBear88 (59347)
• Sterling, Virginia
15 Oct
I never got anything or chores. It wasn't an option. Either way, my kids do and get something, or they do them and get nothing. My husband gives them $10 weekly only if they do the chores written out for them, and I don't ask them more than once to do it. I told them they don't want me doing it because when I clean, I'm mean since I hate cleaning. If it's on the floor, one of two things will happen: It'll find its home, or it'll find its way to the trash/donation bags.
Jim Bauer
@porwest (89046)
• United States
16 Oct
I think it's a good way to go about it. Responsibility is never a bad lesson to learn.
C
@ShyBear88 (59347)
• Sterling, Virginia
21 Oct
Very true! It is the small-based real world when you think of it. If you don't do something, why should you earn money from it?
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (89046)
• United States
23 Oct
@ShyBear88 Precisely. It's part of the reason I have such a big issue with the welfare system. It's not helping anyone if it is permanent and doesn't require any effort on the part of those who receive the "benefits." Make it EXTREMELY hard to get and even HARDER to stay on it. If you don't force people to work for things, they won't. If you make it easy, that just makes matters worse.
George B Vieto
@Deepizzaguy (101864)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
15 Oct
That is a good that kids learn the meaning of helping out inside the home.