How much do you pay for chores at your house?

I think your idea is great, but I don't know how much to suggest to pay - maybe $10? My stepkids 12 & 15 have chores to do in order to get their allowance. (I don't even know how much that is - DH handles it.) SD12 is only here e/o/weekend, so she has to bring the trash cans in from the street, scoop the dog poop from the yard and keep her room reasonably clean. SS15 is here all the time and takes the trash out, mows the yard, helps DH with yard stuff, and keeps his room neat. They both do their own laundry as needed - well, as they think they need to! LOL! If they don't do their chores, they don't get all or part of their allowance.

We are spring cleaning right now. I have assigned things for the girls to do. For everything they do they get a dollar. They are only 6 & almost 8 so nothing is to extensive. It frees me up to do more of the bigger stuff though.

I had a similiar problems in my last home. The hurricane pulled off the roof and after a few months with a tarped roof. Between all the moisture and weather damage the wallpaper had to be removed. I have 5 children. At the time the children were 18,16,13,10 and the baby was newborn. I had no interest in removing the wallpaper by myself. I couldn't pay my kids enough. LOL They started here and there and wanted X amount of dollars per wall depending on which child it was and what mood they were in. After about a week of bickering I made a compromise. I just ask who wanted want and what I could afford. My son wanted a video game which we were able to buy used at Gamestop. $20 and my daughter wanted me to take her to JoAnn Crafts so she could buy some material for a costume she was making. Another $20.00 for her. It may seem like a steep price but it is a very time consuming and tedious job. I think I made out better than they did. Maybe just ask them what kind of deal would be god for them, an outing with you, a sleepover, a new game, SPOILED for a day, etc.

Did you ever think of buying a steamer/stripper? They only cost like $20 and work like a charm. It's much better than trying to scrape heavily glued wall paper. It might encourage your son to do the job if it wasn't so awful. I don't have kids, so I have to do it all myself. Be thankful your kids are even willing to help.

i think this is a big job that will most likely take quite a while. a lot longer than any other regular chores. i think $15 to 20 dollars would be good. i think you are doing a good job with rewarding him. money for work will teach him a lot, like how to work hard, and money management. good for you.

I don't pay money for chores. I try to teach my kids that this is a community effort - keeping up the house, being responsible, etc. I have used poker chips as tokens in the past though, each color worth a different point value which could be traded in to buy TV time, an outing, or other thing the kids enjoyed. I had 3 stepkids full time and my own three when married so day to day life was a challenge! Each child had their own "thing" they wanted to trade points for. I do pay for grades though, as I feel this goes along with performing well at a job in later life. If the child has done their best and only earned a C, they could earn as much as the child who easily maintains "A's".

We did that with our kids when they were growing up too. Had a chore list of things they could do for extra money on top of their regular chores. We gave them a small allowance every couple weeks too. We didn't have alot of money, but did the best we could. When our teenage son does extra chores we pay him by the hour. His last part-time job paid him $7/hour, so that's what we pay him. Extra chores he does these days includes things like mowing the lawn. That's a rate we all agreed on and felt was fair. With your son you could either pay him by the hour or give him a flat rate of $25 or whatever amount you feel is fair.

We used to pay the kids per chore on a weekly basis it was only 25 cents per chore but they were easy chores and the kids were young and did not do a good job at them anyway but it taught the responsibility. We changed about three years ago to accumulating their allowance and buying them something they really wanted like a game, book or toy. I would really suggest because this is a big tough job job that offering to take him shopping so he can get something he really wants after the job is done. He will deserve it and have earned it.

A real job like that should pay a good wage. Why not discuss it with him and see what he thinks. A good thing to share and find out how all your hard work has gone while raising him. Regular household chores would be the nickel and dimers this is indeed different especially since he has helped so well. Good luck and keep us posted please.

any rate will do since she is your child...as for me i dont pay my children to do some tasks..its their job to help in the house...but if they asked for some extra money for things they want to buy ..i give them some if i think its necessary...

I have a 12 year old and our method is 10.00 a week starting Monday, we have a chart set he and I both agreed on that if he misses a chore, even grades he bring home, we deduct money. He subtracts on a board we both created himself. By Friday, we view the board and we go with the ending amount. That's how he gets paid. The reason I set it up this way is not only for responsibility, but also show him he has to work for what he wants in life as well. Your preformance is up to par, it shows in your money, your grades are good (plus modivation for him) It shows at the end of the week. We also have bonus money,it's extra money, like 1.00 extra. When he takes the inititive to do things around the home, or bonus work at school, those sort of things.

My son no longer lives at home. We just gave him allowance. When he was ask to do some thing he never would. I wish I would have thought of this idea, I would just have made each task I wanted him to do come out to the amount as his allowance would have been. By the way great plan!!

He is 12 if he is good worker and is trying, maybe $5 an hour I think

In most cases my kids got 'room and board' for doing their chores. I didn't have the money to pay them but if they did a really good job we would pick a day and all of us would load up and go fishing for the day. (They had almost as much fun gathering nightcrawlers the night before as they did fishing) We packed sandwiches, wet washcloths for the hands, and stuff to drink and it made an inexpensive treat for them.

I try to pay them nicely if they help and don't complain. If it is a tough job, I usually give my son $10-15. I do not give that, if they are complaining the whole time. I do not give much for little jobs, but like you, have a list that tells them how much it pays. If there is something they want, they do it without thinking about it. It is the only way they will learn the value of money.

When I was a kid we didn't get paid for the chores. We got an allowance but didn't get any extra for chores. I do think that it is a good idea though. It helps them learn the value of the dollar. I would say $10 would be a good pay.

i would pay my son $30 to $40 if he had to strip off wall paper.that is only $10 per wall.like you said it hard work.an time consumeing an him not complaining is worth alot.sounds like your son is a hard worker.so pay him dearly.

wow thats great! I have taken off many layers on old wallpaper and know that it is a super tough job! If you pay for labor-intensive-- this deserves a bunch-- I'd say $3 an hour at least! What a pain it is-- My daughter also doesn't get any weekly allowance--- She has responsibilities to do each week-- I don't pay her unless its something above these tasks.. Then I just give $5 usually. My daughter knows that when she does her work I buy her things-- so a month of chores and she picks out an outfit at Limited Too.. Or rewards-- I say great job to your son for being such a big helper!

his is a great incentive for the kids..I do this sometimes with my son..But it all depends I think on the age of the child and also where you are living..as living costs vary from country to country..It depends on the job..may vary froma buck to five bucks..depending on the job lol

i usually pay 30 $ fr doin the day to day chores at my house....i hve mad e alidt of jobs tht r to be done...they r performed toime to time nd a total cost of 30$ is spent....this make my life easy nd worth living...