I have a 9 year old. He was getting $3.00 for making sure the trash went out each week. But he seems to have ditched the job and I get tired of being on his back so we are now doing it. They only pick up once a week so if we dont do it I have trash a whole nother week hanging around.
Looking for some suggestion on what you think a 9 yr old can do and how much they should get. I thought I'd do a chart and whatever he did do he would get paid only for those jobs.
Any ideas??
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1|1|my son is 6 and he has to.........|pussecat|pu55ecat@aol.com|12:49:13|08/24/2009|
clean his room every saturday, take out the trash and the recycling, and vacuum the livingroom. He gets the equivelant of $5 a week. hth
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2|1|Hmmmmm|zydeco|kimr@alador.com|12:50:08|08/24/2009|
Why would he have a choice? It's why they call it a chore! Later in life they call it a job. 3|2|good point|prestonmom|prestonmom@yahoo.com|14:04:07|08/24/2009|
Problem is he would have gotten fired long ago-- we have a huge whining problem
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6|3|Me Too........|zydeco|kimr@alador.com|15:43:14|08/24/2009|
I'm still whinning about chores!
Maybe he will get lucky and find a wife who likes taking out the garbage.....but I doubt it. Sadly it's one of those male things he's just going to man up to. 15 min of HIS time will not harm him. Otherwise YOU are going to end up doing it! Don't you already do enough now?
4|1|Stop giving him his allowance. If he asks for money, tell him, to take out the garbage.|dlpavitt|dlpavitt@att.net|15:12:17|08/24/2009|
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daisy sourcream .60/1, or .50/1
McDonald's Big mac Bogo's, or Free's
utz chips, any
hunt's snack pack pudding
eggland's best eggs, .50/1 or better
nabisco off 1
powerade(any)
pepperidge farm goldfish
pepperidge farm cinnamon rasin bread
pepperidge farm cakes
pepperidge farm litestyle bread
thomas's english muffins
Smuckers Orchard Select jam/jellies
skippy peanut butter off 1
jif peanut butter off 1
Kellogg's off 1
General mills off 1
viva papertowels, .75/1
cottonelle, 1.00/1 or .50/1
cottonelle wipes 1.00/1 or better
coolwhip, any
gatorade g2
coupons good on ANY coke product
sprite coupons
mystic pizza coupons
arm and hammer detergent off 1
NBPN rebates good in Ct
WINE TAG's bread, beef, poultry,cheese, deli items
Unused Stamps(small denomination's okay)
Well concealed cash
Free's(that I need)
BOGO's(that I need)
bigelow tea, any
pphf, existing funds please
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5|2|good one donna (and i forgot to add, pj does not get his allowance if he does not do his chores, and he his told why too)|pussecat|pu55ecat@aol.com|15:29:34|08/24/2009|
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7|1|NO ALLOWANCE HERE FOR HOUSEHOLD WORK|Harleyrider|triumph2ride@yahoo.com|17:20:39|08/24/2009|
FOR THE SIMPLE FACT IT TAKES A FAMILY TO MAKE A HOME AND THAT INCLUDES KEEPING IT CLEAN....THEY CAN GET PAID FOR YARDWORK.LIKE MOWING RAKING SHOVELING SNOW....BUT I AM NOT PAYING THEM TO CLEAN THERE ROOM AFTER THEY MADE THE MESS THEMSELVES AND IF ITS NOT DONE THEY LOSE PRIVELEDGES...
IF MOMMA AINT HAPPY AIN'T NOONE GONNA BE HAPPY........
>Posted on Aug-24-09 at 11:38 AM (Eastern)
>by 71.168.196.234I have a 9 year
>old. He was getting $3.00 for
>making sure the trash went out
>each week. But he seems to
>have ditched the job and I
>get tired of being on his
>back so we are now doing
>it. They only pick up once
>a week so if we dont
>do it I have trash a
>whole nother week hanging around.
>Looking for some suggestion on what you
>think a 9 yr old can
>do and how much they should
>get. I thought I'd do a
>chart and whatever he did do
>he would get paid only for
>those jobs.
>Any ideas??
>Prestonmom (prestonmom@yahoo.com)when emailing please include board name
>
>If we have traded please leave feedback
>here: http://www.refundsweepers.com/dcforum/feedback/1282.html
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8|1|I agree|lauri|boysnlauri@aol.com|20:57:22|08/24/2009|
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No one pays me to wash laundry, cook, or anything else here in the house. We all work as a family to keep house clean. Yes, I pay extra for extra work but trust me my kid WORKS for his extra cash.
Part of being a family is being a team and working together. 9|1|No paying for chores here either...|KellyJef|burke3536@yahoo.com|21:31:04|08/24/2009|
I would never pay kids to take out the garbage.
10|1|I don't pay my boys for chores now, they are 15....but back when they were smaller like the OP's son's age, I paid them a few dollars a week for routine chores to teach them about earning money and how to save some/spend some...but if they didnt do the agreed upon chores, they didnt get the money.|saint6811|waylan@comcast.net|21:41:51|08/24/2009|
Posted on Aug-24-09 at 09:41 PM (Eastern) by 98.213.175.237
ETA: Just like in the real world, if you dont do the work you dont get paid....in fact, if I had to do the chore myself that they were being paid to do, I charged them for my labor. (aren't I awful???) They got the lesson real quick! LOL
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11|2|that's exactly what we're doing with Pj Joy..........|pussecat|pu55ecat@aol.com|08:02:10|08/25/2009|
he's so used to mom and dad being able to just buy him things, he didn't understand that we have to MAKE the money to buy them so we inducted the allowance. since we started this he's failed to do his chores as asked about 4 times and he's lost his money because of it. just because he lost his allowance doesn't mean he didn't do the chores it's just that he didn't do them when prompted, just like a real job. oh, and you can bet your bottom dollar he still gets them done, he's just not rewarded for it. :)
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12|1|We have done different things over the years....|Quietwaters|Quietwaters39@hotmail.com|09:29:32|08/25/2009|
sometimes one way of motivation gets old and you have to change it. My kids have always had a list of family chores they do just because they are part of the family. If they don't do those jobs, there is no tv, games ect, until they are done.
Then they have another list, those are extra jobs that I would normally do, and they are for allowance. With my youngest, she gets 5.00 a week if she completes all those jobs. Sometimes in the past with my older kids there was a list put up on Saturdays, each job was worth a certain amount and they could pick and chose which of those jobs they wanted to do. They could either get paid money for them, or computer time. I found my boys to often be much more motivated by computer time.
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Think people maybe taking this wrong. My son has chores which he does most of the time he doesn't even have to be reminded. He does put his clothes away, cleans his room and the basement. He really doesn't ask for much.
I was trying to come up with some jobs and some prices because he doesn't seem to like taking out the trash, so I thought I would pick up some other options and amounts from others. Just thought I'd get an idea if him cleaning the bathrooms were too much to ask and how much I should be making it worth.
We are going to Disney this year and thought some earned money to take would be a good idea. The kid would like a job but that isn't something he can do at this age.
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14|1|ok, so he's 9 ..... how about..........|pussecat|pu55ecat@aol.com|11:16:52|08/25/2009|
do you have cats or dogs? can he help feed them and take care of them for maybe an extra $1 a week if he helps 5 times a week? how about washing the vehicles for an extra $2 per vehicle twice a month? cleaning the bathroom............ i'd give $1 for that. how about helping to wash the dishes? even if it's just the plastic ones 5 times a week for an extra $1 a week. you could also "trade" jobs.... say his fav restaurant is olive garden or mcdonalds, you could trade work he does around the house for 1 meal at his fav restaurant while you are on vacation. or you could trade jobs he does for a mickey mouse ice cream at disney. just a few ideas. hth :)
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15|1|I have a few ideas|ncbrunet|ncbrunet@aol.com|11:51:55|08/25/2009|
Posted on Aug-25-09 at 11:51 AM (Eastern) by 71.176.48.190
He would be able to do these (My 5 year old son does most of them too)
Dusting (downstairs .75, upstairs .50 -we have less to dust upstairs)
Vaccuum (downstairs .75, upstairs .75, the stairs .75)
Empty the dishwasher (for what he can reach he puts away, what he can't reach stacks on the counter for me .75)
Empty the bathroom trash cans and replace the bag (.25 each)
Water the plants (.50)
HTH
Marsha
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16|1|no allowance her for house hold chorse but i do offer a list of clening chorse that are extra that one can earn money|crazymomx2|crazymomx3girls@hotmail.com|16:00:52|08/25/2009|
everyone dose houshold chors eeach is expected to help with all household chores no outing/special privilage/treats for the child that dose not do there share i have a list of chorse that can be done for money see list below thanks teri
extra chorse list for cash(these chorse would be differnt depending on the age i have teens)
1-mini blinds cleaned both sides 10cents each (i have 30 on each window $3)they must clean the top too!!
2-windows inside $1 a window
3-windows outside i charge $3 a window its harder work and you need a ladder
4-clean ouside cupboard 50cents a cupbard
5-pull weeds i usually pay $3 a hour
6-dusting i have fixed prices for each item my china cabnet ears $10cuz each piece need to be done
7-detail corners of a room/hall bathroom ect with vacume $2 a room
8-after summer we claean the fans and store for next year i charge $1.50 a fan
17|2|Brian Get $3 weekly for trash and vaccuming ... |BriansMommy|mommytobrian04@aol.com|18:55:28|08/25/2009|
We have 2 jars. One for savings and one for taxes. Just like Daddy's paycheck. He gets to spend the onther one.