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Old 04-30-2012, 07:34 AM   #8
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Default Re: Being Paid for Chores....

Thanks for the reminder--we need to get back on track with allowance since the kids are saving for summer vacation souvenirs!
When we do allowance it's just given -- 10 quarters each that are divided between giving (1 quarter=10%), permanent savings (5 quarters) and spending/saving money (4 quarters) they can do what they want with. This is just to teach money skills and is not tied to work or attitude.
We do skills training instead of chores; the kids (5 & 8) don't get paid for those. Each kid has a list of about 6 skills we're working on with levels and a detailed list for each level. We call them Jedi Skills and they level up: Youngling/Padawan/Jedi Knight/Jedi Master. At Youngling I work with them and they advance in the skill through Jedi Master, which level they achieve when they can complete the skill solo and thoroughly when they see it needs doing (i.e. without being asked).
But chores outside the current training list are definitely open for pay! I don't require that items on their skills list be done before the pay chores; that doesn't always fit with our schedule.
Paid chores include washing the car, cleaning, organizing, etc. DD5 doesn't really care about money yet, but DS8 will often tell me he needs 5 more dollars to be able to buy a Lego set or whatever, and ask what he can do to earn it. We work together and negotiate a set of chores that will equal $5 and he works through the list.
I give credit as well: I gave the kids each a $5 budget for the book fair. The book DS wanted cost $8 and he asked if he could work for the extra $3. Of course! I let him read it on the way home from school so I could think of something he could do when we got home. When we got home I told him what I had thought of, he accepted, and asked me to hold the book until he was done!
Example of paid chore: [For the $3 he wanted (above)] He has one of those toy shelving units with lots of bins. I asked him to dump each one out, dust the inside and outside of the bins, sort them to make sure all of the toys were in the right spot, and I gave him a trash bag "just in case there's anything broken or that you don't want anymore." He came back 45 minutes later with 2 FULL trash bags of unwanted toys! He did a beautiful job and thanks to his decluttering ended up with 2 empty bins! That was worth every penny of $3 to me, and he was proud of himself for working hard.
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