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Chores and Allowance

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I'm giving some consideration to what chores will be responsibility simply because the girls are part of the family versus what extra chores they can do to earn allowance.  What works for your kids?  Does it change as the kids get older?  Do some extra chores become base responsibilities as they get older or is that too confusing? 

Do you give some allowance money all the time and give extra as earned?  I read an article one time about how it's important to give the kids money that they have to manage to buy basics so they learn how to save and spend.  For example, the article suggested that by the time the kids were in high school, you should give them an allowance that is equal to what you would spend on them for clothes, food, entertainment and they should be expected to manage it.  What do you think?

I really want to teach my children that all members of the family have to pitch in around the house.  I also want to instill the values of fiscal responsibility and working hard to get the things you want.

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