Chores and allowance

It's a topic that is debated quite frequently around the mom and family blogosphere. Some people are in the camp that doing chores and household tasks is part of being in the family and therefore don't require compensation. Others believe school is a child's "job" and household chores count as extra work. Then there are beliefs all over in between with every type of combination you could imagine.

Get ready to put a chore chart system in place that will teach your kids responsibility, fight entitlement and allow them to get a taste of how the real world works!

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It's a tough question that I struggled with for a long time. Here are my thoughts on giving kids allowance and how I went about doing it.

I was generally against the conccept of allowance. I wanted my kids to earn money rather than just have it be given to them. Here's why we decided to give our kids allowance that's not tied to chores. Complete with details on when and how much we pay them.

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24 Age-Appropriate Chores for Tweens and Teens | As parents, we want to teach our kids basic life skills while also avoiding power struggles, which is not easy! In this post we're sharing 5 strategies to get your kids to help out around the house without nagging and yelling, plus a list of daily and weekly household chore ideas for kids aged 10-16. Whether you use chore charts, pay an allowance, or no reward system at all, click for tips to teach kids responsibility without power struggles!

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