Chores have to get done whether you get paid or not. Everyone in a family needs to pitch in on the house sometimes. It teaches people responsibility. Parents do not get money to do chores, so why should kids? There are many things you can do to earn money, but helping around the house is not one of them. These are a few reasons why kids should not get paid to do chores.
Kids might decide that taking a week off is worth missing out on the money that they would have earned. Then, what would happen, the dishes would not get done. The carpet wouldn't get vacuumed, if this happened. The trash would