I do give allowance. They get $1.00 for their age. Ds get $8.00 he is 8 and dd gets $3.00 she is 3. They do have chores that they have to do but I do not associate with their allowance. I had heard one time that if you tell your kids you will get money if you do chores as soon as they are old enough to work outside the house they will no longer do the chores because they are getting paid from somewhere else. So I try to tell them that doing chores and helping is part of being a family. We all help each other out. They are allowed to spend their money anyway they like to. I feel if I put a restriction on how they spend their now they might rebel as soon as they have full access to their money. So I do see them learning as they go along. HTH
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2/27/07 at 3:26pm
