tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045246505879536568.post550939713285912063..comments2024-03-28T05:04:19.333-07:00Comments on Competent Parent: Making AllowancesJFohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14540721351105033478noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045246505879536568.post-53759778915013367582014-09-20T15:19:15.407-07:002014-09-20T15:19:15.407-07:00I think this is one of the big challenges of paren...I think this is one of the big challenges of parenting, as you've recounted. I hate it when my kids choose to buy something that I think is a waste of money and I'm not very good at letting them just do it. At the moment, Colin is spending all his money on fish. He walks down into Yonhi-dong to the fish store with his friend and comes back with neon tetras or an angel fish or a fancy new rock. I'm pretty pleased with this trend. <br /><br />We give the boys allowance monthly, about $20/month, same for both kids as they do exactly the same chores. Allowance is loosely tied to chores for us and keeps the boys pretty responsible for handwashing breakfast dishes, feeding cats and cleaning litter box and taking out/sorting garbage as well as personal room/clothing tidiness. Lauren Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04879879150717017574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045246505879536568.post-37659882629150868482014-08-19T20:20:57.995-07:002014-08-19T20:20:57.995-07:00This seems like a good allowance plan and well tho...This seems like a good allowance plan and well thought out. Of course I like that you've built in the 10% tithe. they may be more likely to spend their money precipitously than some other children, but they're just the ones who can learn from this framework. Anne H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14951398242908896715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045246505879536568.post-54886616963249136942014-08-18T09:27:51.680-07:002014-08-18T09:27:51.680-07:00Thanks for this, Jeff. We've been inconsistent...Thanks for this, Jeff. We've been inconsistent with our allowance (out of my own lack of organization...) but when we do it, we give the older kids $.50/week, have them put a nickel in the church cup, save a quarter, and put 2 dimes in the "spend" pile. Because it comes out evenly that way :) And I guess we're cheap, judging by the amount of allowance other parents give! We are just getting started and the boys don't have a ton of opportunity to spend at this point, but they do long for legos and it's probably time to start trusting them with a little more $. <br />I've also gone back and forth about having allowance tied to chores. We haven't really, but just expect them to do the chores.<br /> Amy Maddalenanoreply@blogger.com