Children & Chores?

At 10 yoa your son should be doing some of those things without payment. As he gets older give allowance. They don't learn responsibility if everything has a price tag attached to it.

Well, I think it is up to you to decide the amount, and as the child gets 1 year older bring the amount up a bit. (I'd at least give him 50 cents a chore.) I do think that some things are their reponsability like picking up their own room, putting their dirty clothes away, things like that, but you can also show them that you have to earn money, and it's not just given to them.

(My mom and dad use to give me 50 cents for each chore I did. (That was about 8 years ago) They would tell me that if I wanted more $ I could take on more chores and earn more. My sister & I had a set amount of things on our chore list that hung on the fridge, but below our list there were some extras with amounts (Different amounts for different or harder things. IE scrubbing the toilet :o) by them and we could choose from that list, and when we completed that chore we'd write our initials by the chore.)

I don't pay my kids for chores (not directly anyhow). I teach them that has a member of our household they should want to participate in keeping things neat and tidy. What I do however is reward them by taking them on a special outing, buying them something special on occassion, etc... but I don't do this on a weekly basis and it depends on how well they perform their chores. I have an 11 year old so if I were to pay him I would probably do the 25 cents per chore as you are already doing.

I agree. I have solved this issue with my daughter by telling her she is expected to help when asked. She is rewaded by being able to do extra things like purchase something small when we go out, stay over at a friends, have friends over, go to a special activity and be given money to spend. If she is getting an attitude with us about chores then I remind her that she may lose privileges that she has earned. This helps her remember why she helps, it cuts down on me giving her cash all of the time, plus she isn't limited to her allowance. I think she needs to learn that she needs to contribute to our family because she is a part of it, not just to get paid.

I agree. My daughter has certain things to do just because she's part of this household. We agreed on 5 other specific chores that help me, which I'd be willing to pay her for. I added a disclaimer that if she did the "pay" chores, but not her regular responsibilies, she gets no moola, to prevent her from slacking on her regular responsibilities.

I agree with folks who say that kids should do chores just because, and not think they deserve to get paid for everything. But I like teaching her to work for money to spend, and helping her learn how to use money wisely.

No, I don't agree with paying to do chores. Give an allowance and dock it for NOT doing chores. That's what we do, anyway.

i would give him £2.50 $5 a week if you feel he has done enough perhaps have a choure chart o help you keep on top of it

im 13 & i dont get paid

pay them their age.....so if they are 10years old pay them 10 bucks.......but it's up to you :)