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Clean That Room!

How to Get Your Kid to Help Around the House

By Gwen Morrison

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Whichever way you decide – to pay or not to pay – experts believe it is important to be consistent. Having jobs to do within the home on a regular basis can provide your children with the valuable experience needed to better manage a job outside the home.

"We just implemented a new program at our house: cash payment at the end of each day," says Tina Miller from Merrill, Wis. "If the chores are all done – and done properly – they earn a dollar right there on the spot. If the chores are not all done, or I've had to nag too much to get them done that day, the dollar is pro-rated: They might get 75 cents."

Miller used to do a weekly allowance and keep track of it on paper for them. She found that at the store, when she would write a check for something they wanted, her kids would end up in debt to her if their purchase was over what they had on paper.

"This wasn't working," she says. "I wanted to teach them to handle their money better so they didn't have to learn the hard way as adults. I encourage my kids to save some of their money, and tithe some. It seems to be working pretty well."

There are lessons to be learned from dividing up household duties, and if you start at an early age, children benefit tremendously from the skills they develop while helping out. Self-discipline, organization, money management and the satisfaction of a job well done are just a few.


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