Do you feel compelled to paying our kids to do the odd jobs around the house and if so, how much do you pay them? My kids are at an age when I feel they really should learn the responsibility of earning their own money, having money, looking after it and spending it wisely. I don’t want them to carrying on thinking that they can have whatever they want just by asking for it and then mistreating that item thinking it can easily be replaced.
This is something I have been observing with my lot and now that they are on Easter vacation, they want some cash! I thought the best thing would be to get them to work in our garden. This means they can top up their mobile phones and use their credits wisely lol!!
Do you give your kids pocket money and if so, how much? Excuse me cos Im feeling very nosey today!!
My kids get a dollar when they complete a chore. For example, my older one cleaned out her bookshelf, organized it by type of book and size, then trashed torn paper and other junk on the shelf. I gave her $5 because she really worked hard!!!
my daughter is 8 and receives $5.00 per week on every Friday night.
she is required to complete various chores and duties around the house but nothing specifically defined except to keep her room tidy.......she just can't say "No" to anything that I ask of her.
of the $20.00 per month that she receives she donates about $2.00 to charity at the masjid (that's 50 cents from every week) and $5.00 to cover the cost of educating a needy child in Pakistan.
the rest she gets to save or spend......
I am not in the least worried about how she spends the money, rather I am more concerned that she understands the need to share it with those less fortunate.
I am convinced that no matter what profession she chooses, no matter how well I prepare her with a nest egg of inheritance, she will have as much financial freedom in her life as Allah deems for her. Better that I teach her where to be generous so that He looks after her in the same way iA.
general rule of thumb is...$1 for each year of the child's age +$5 PER week...they should be encouraged to do small chores in the house but NOT for money! paying money for chores will prolly make them think that they have to get paid for doing every lil thing around in the house thus making them NOT do anything unless they are paid. and also, they will NOT learn to appreciate parent's generosity and love, they would tend to think that it's their hard work that paid off and they deserve it.
there's nothing wrong with a child learning that hard work pays money.....that's a good thing....but I have seen kids go the way you mention as well i.e. expecting money for everything they do.
there's nothing wrong with a child learning that hard work pays money.....that's a good thing....but I have seen kids go the way you mention as well i.e. expecting money for everything they do.
u r right, i was evaluating benefits. that's the downside. kids must learn that when they get some money from parents it's NOT always because they deserve it...it's because they love them.
of the $20.00 per month that she receives she donates about $2.00 to charity at the masjid (that's 50 cents from every week) and $5.00 to cover the cost of educating a needy child in Pakistan.
the rest she gets to save or spend.......
I like your idea. its great thing to do to teach ur kids to donate and share. in our family my brother and hubby on jummah time have to put money in the money box at the mosque...no restriction on amount but minimum of $5. my mum has a coin box at home and every one put money into it and after few months we open it and sometime give to mosque for running cost or give to any charity.
I dont like to pay kids to do chores, if they use the facilities around them, its a personal responsibility to take care of them. They dont have to get paid for it. But then my daughter is still young, there is no concept of money for her yet. When i was younger, we used to get pocket money from our dad to spend on candy, snacks at school etc but often times my mom would keep the money for us and buy us a bigger item. I like the idea of getting kids to donate to charity so inshaAllah i will incorporate that in my daughter's spending habits.
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