I think allowances should be earned, but I also think household chores should be a part of family life that isn't merely done by children for financial gain. They need to learn that they need to pitch in, as well.
I do think that negotiating some spending money is important for teens. I'm not sure yet if I would encourage my children to find after school jobs from 14/15/16. It would really depend on the individual child. Maybe.
From 18, or say within 3 months of finishing high school, I don't think they should be given allowances. They're adults. I don't think it's too much to ask them to work part time, as well as study (saying this from an Australian perspective, where we don't necessarily do the whole move out and live at college thing, which does seem to be the norm for the USA, from what I've seen).
My mother gave my brother and me money for nothing. I wish she'd made us work for it. I've learned some responsibility and such, but I feel like I'm years behind my friends, financially. I wish I'd been taught to save, budget, all the rest. I was lucky that, though I worked part time through my study, I lived at home so I didn't have to worry about rent or bills, and I didn't pay much in terms of board.
Though I've got a better start than my brother. He was getting an allowance for years after he finished highschool. Consequently, he didn't bother getting a job, then all of a sudden found he was 25 and hadn't worked and no employer wants that. The last year has been a steep learning curve for him. If he'd had to earn his money instead of being handed a couple of hundred each week, then I think he'd have gotten off his arse sooner.
Sorry, I ranted. I'm half asleep. I read it back a few times, I *think* I make sense :-S
At what age is too old for an allowance?
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I think allowances should be earned, but I also think household chores should be a part of family life that isn't merely done by children for financial gain. They need to learn that they need to pitch in, as well.
I do think that negotiating some spending money is important for teens. I'm not sure yet if I would encourage my children to find after school jobs from 14/15/16. It would really depend on the individual child. Maybe.
From 18, or say within 3 months of finishing high school, I don't think they should be given allowances. They're adults. I don't think it's too much to ask them to work part time, as well as study (saying this from an Australian perspective, where we don't necessarily do the whole move out and live at college thing, which does seem to be the norm for the USA, from what I've seen).
My mother gave my brother and me money for nothing. I wish she'd made us work for it. I've learned some responsibility and such, but I feel like I'm years behind my friends, financially. I wish I'd been taught to save, budget, all the rest. I was lucky that, though I worked part time through my study, I lived at home so I didn't have to worry about rent or bills, and I didn't pay much in terms of board.
Though I've got a better start than my brother. He was getting an allowance for years after he finished highschool. Consequently, he didn't bother getting a job, then all of a sudden found he was 25 and hadn't worked and no employer wants that. The last year has been a steep learning curve for him. If he'd had to earn his money instead of being handed a couple of hundred each week, then I think he'd have gotten off his arse sooner.
Sorry, I ranted. I'm half asleep. I read it back a few times, I *think* I make sense :-S
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Made perfect sense, Charli :D