What are the chores that you PAY your 'tween' age child to do? And what amount do you pay them?

don't have any kids, but i give my dog biscuts for gaurdin the fort

I don't know if my friend's daughter gets an allowance. But I do know it is hard to get her to do her chores. I've been there to see it. Unfortuantly, its her grandma and great grandma that keep telling her that she doesn't need to do chores becaue it is her mom's 'job'.

I'm sorry, any kid that age should be expected to help out around the house!

As for pay, I didn't get paid for doing chores so to speak. Probably because my sister wanted to so skating 3 times a week. I was her personal driver. My 'job' that came with getting a driver's license. So we would come home from school and completely clean the house by the time our folks got home from work. Then we would ask if we could go skating, or to a movie, or whatever and they would give us the money for it.

i pay my 6 year old too feed the dogs and cats, water the plants outside and empty her garbage can she get $7 a week lol

Oh, boy...this I can't WAIT to see to the posts!

I sure hate to sound like the old codger that says..."I used to walk five miles in the snow to school with no shoes..."

HOWEVER...

When I was a "tween" and even a "pwe-tween"...I had chores...ubetcha...AND I didn't get "paid" for them! They included, but were not limited to:

1. Mowing the lawn.
2. Washing/detailing the vehicles.
3. Cleaning the kitchen...before, during and after meals.
4. Taking out the trash.
5. Cleaning MY room...not to mention every room in the house.
6. Laundry.
7. Pet care.
8. Cleaning and organizing the fridge AND pantries.
9. Ironing!
10. Cooking...when we were old enough to learn what "THAT'S BURNING" means.
11. Grocery shopping and errand running.
12. Babysitting for younger siblings or cousins.
13. Dusting, vaccuming, polishing the silver, etc.


I'm NOT kidding either...I never got paid a friggin' dime for my CHORES! They were my family "responsiblities", and I was taught to respect them as such.

It truly angers me to hear of parents these days "paying" their children to be responsible human beings and to be taught how to take care of themselves in the real world.

She's expected on the weekends to take the dog in/out, feed & water, and put away dishes. All unpaid. (and keep her room clean)

She's gotten big into name brand crap for school - so I'm trying to teach her that in order to get what she wants SHE will have to pay for it.

It's just that I don't know what to make her do.

Children should learn to pick up after themselves and not receive payment for it. There are certain "chores" that they should receive allowance for.
Paying a child to help with every day work should be treated as a business deal. This way they can learn to earn money for the "extra" things they may want.
Allowance is the way of learning to prepare them for the work force. Think... You wouldn't go to work just to go and not receive any pay.

i don't put SET chores on her outside of feeding her dog and cleaning her room.
i merely tell her that if she helps out around the house and i'm pleased, she'll get an allowance depending on the amount of work she does.