Kids and cleaning advice

[BloodSpite]

Originally Posted by RevSmoke

A word about allowances - from my perspective.

We started allowance for a couple reasons.

First, it their money to spend on what they want to spend it on. If they want to go to the corner store and get an ice cream, as long as they have our permission, they have the $$ to do so. It teaches them financial responsibility. But even before that, they tithe from their allowance (10% to the Lord's work, which was $.20 every two weeks - yes, we gave them $2 every two weeks).

It also teaches them the value of a dollar, if they save, they can purchase those things that we refuse to spend $$ on for them. Son Tim wanted XXX style shoes, we said we'd buy QQQ style shoes. He really wanted them. We gave him the $ to buy the QQQ style (tax included), asked him if he had his $$ with him (yes he did) and told him to buy the shoes he wanted, we'd meet him at the store entrance at X:00. My wife and I smiled when we say him checking out with the QQQ style shoes. As he walked up to us, he saw our smiles and said, "The XXX weren't worth an extra $50." Wise boy.

As they get paid for certain jobs, they are learning how much work goes into their purchasing power. They did a job and got paid, wanting then to go out for a nice dinner. We decided to go dutch treat - mom & I would pay for ours, and each of them would pay for theirs. They had a nice restaurant in mind, one that we'd been too before. I decided to look up menus on the internet so they could see what it would cost them. Interestingly, they decided that Golden Corral might be a better place to go, the other was "crazy expensive... I'm not spending my money on that. I could get a couple Rapalas and some more Cleos for fishing if we went to Golden Corral instead."

Funny thing is, they now make different suggestions when we talk about family events. Money figures in and they try to plan to get the most bang for the buck. Two extra days camping? -vs- A meal at a nice restaurant?

Peace of the Lord be with you.

That's a phenomenal idea. I may have to orchestrate it in to our system as well.