chores vs. Allowance
“Great dinner, delicious,” I say getting up with my plate.
Everybody agreed as my family all got up and put their plates on the counter. My step mom also grabbed the pots and pans and stacked them on top of the plates. The whole counter is eventually covered with all different types of dishes. Alright now try to guess who get to wash, scrub and clean all these dishes all by themselves, me. Every time we eat, I’m responsible for dishes, the toughest job in the house after we eat. It’s just me, soap, a sponge, and an army of pots and pans for 45 minutes to an hour and 15 minutes. Then just when I think I’m done the reinforcements come in and they need to washed and scrubbed to the point of spotless. I’m in the zone though washing dish by dish so that the attack force is very low on numbers and that I’m almost done. Now it’s time for my reward, a pat on the back, and a ,“Good job,” from my dad, nothing else, no money.
Many kids, like the one above have to do chores around the house and don’t get an allowance because their parents think these chores should be mandatory. Having to do chores for no reward does not motivate the child to the work they have to do. If the child was paid a few bucks a week, the child would be more motivated to take on the responsibility of doing chores that he/she will get paid a couple of bucks for. A small cash allowance for doing a certain amount of chores would also teach the child to handle money that there working for. I believe that a weekly allowance would teach kids responsibility, and that they would work for things not expect them to be given to them, the child would also learn how to handle money more maturely.
One reason why kids should get a weekly allowance for doing chores is that it teaches kids the responsibility to work for things. If your parents do everything for you, you won’t take on any responsibility, which wouldn’t help you in the long run when you move out of your parents’ house. According to one article,
Everybody agreed as my family all got up and put their plates on the counter. My step mom also grabbed the pots and pans and stacked them on top of the plates. The whole counter is eventually covered with all different types of dishes. Alright now try to guess who get to wash, scrub and clean all these dishes all by themselves, me. Every time we eat, I’m responsible for dishes, the toughest job in the house after we eat. It’s just me, soap, a sponge, and an army of pots and pans for 45 minutes to an hour and 15 minutes. Then just when I think I’m done the reinforcements come in and they need to washed and scrubbed to the point of spotless. I’m in the zone though washing dish by dish so that the attack force is very low on numbers and that I’m almost done. Now it’s time for my reward, a pat on the back, and a ,“Good job,” from my dad, nothing else, no money.
Many kids, like the one above have to do chores around the house and don’t get an allowance because their parents think these chores should be mandatory. Having to do chores for no reward does not motivate the child to the work they have to do. If the child was paid a few bucks a week, the child would be more motivated to take on the responsibility of doing chores that he/she will get paid a couple of bucks for. A small cash allowance for doing a certain amount of chores would also teach the child to handle money that there working for. I believe that a weekly allowance would teach kids responsibility, and that they would work for things not expect them to be given to them, the child would also learn how to handle money more maturely.
One reason why kids should get a weekly allowance for doing chores is that it teaches kids the responsibility to work for things. If your parents do everything for you, you won’t take on any responsibility, which wouldn’t help you in the long run when you move out of your parents’ house. According to one article,