Kid's Allowance
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$50 every 2 weeks, but I also charge them tax, rent, food, and any doctors visits that are a result of their own stupidity. They generally pocket $5-$10 per paycheck. If they choose to put it in a the 'bank' instead of their pockets I will match their contribution. Bank money cannot be withdrawn until the age of 16 without penalty.
No allowance. They do each get $500 put into their bank accounts each year when I get my tax return.
I allow them to eat and have a roof over their head. If they don't do their chores they go hungry.
I only wish I could be 85 again. The things I would do. Number one would be taking these dang wheels off my walker and going back to good ol' tennis balls
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Do they help you put a parking meter on the roof for Christmas Eve?
Are you looking to adopt older children?
Reminds me of my sons friend asking him how much he gets for cutting the grass and my son said “I get to eat”.
Kid asked for tree-fiddy.
Turned out to be a cot-damned Loch Ness Monster.
Turned out to be a cot-damned Loch Ness Monster.
I don’t have kids, but this would be what I would’ve told them.
I didn’t know what an allowance meant when I was growing up.
Yet you charge your dad half of netflix each month?
$20.00 a week if she meets a few standards.
1. Must help mother whenever ask on chores (no whining).
2. Must keep grades above 90 (keeps above 95 so far)
3. No negative reports from school period.
She is well over $1000.00 right now. Funny thing is, when we go shopping and it is not her Birthday, Christmas, or any other holiday requiring gifts and she wants something she must buy it. She limits her spending to no more than $30.00 dollars for an item. Very frugal with her money.
1. Must help mother whenever ask on chores (no whining).
2. Must keep grades above 90 (keeps above 95 so far)
3. No negative reports from school period.
She is well over $1000.00 right now. Funny thing is, when we go shopping and it is not her Birthday, Christmas, or any other holiday requiring gifts and she wants something she must buy it. She limits her spending to no more than $30.00 dollars for an item. Very frugal with her money.
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How old are you, sir? If you don’t mind my askingI only wish I could be 85 again. The things I would do. Number one would be taking these dang wheels off my walker and going back to good ol' tennis balls
Dont have kids, but when I was young, as long as I kept my grades up and wasn't an *** I could get $10 a week. Alternatively, if I waited a month or so I could get a video game. I think they were $50 at the time. I thought that was a good way to encourage a child to save for something.