SHOULD YOU PAY YOUR KIDS TO DO CHORES?

Do you pay your children to do chores around the house (or did you when your kids were young)? 

I’m not referring to chores as part of an allowance (though that could be part of it) but rather to direct pay for certain jobs.

There are arguments in favor of doing so as well as arguments against so I’m not sure there’s a right or wrong here.

THE ARGUMENT FOR PAYING THEM FOR CHORES

Paying them connects money and work.

It gives them an opportunity to make money to pay for what they want.

THE ARGUMENT AGAINST PAYING THEM FOR CHORES

If a child is paid for everything, they could come to a point of refusing to do anything unless they’re paid to do it.

Paying them might discourage just plain helping out.

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