Should Allowance be Tied to Chores?

Chores for Kids - Girl holding folded towels

Do you expect your kids to do chores to earn allowance?

 

by Kerrie McLoughlin

The word “allowance” might conjure up images of trust-fund kids and seems to hint at getting paid to do nothing. Poll a few of your friends about whether or not kids should get an allowance, and you’ll hear all sorts of answers. I’ve found there are several different camps on this issue, including those who believe kids should:

  1. do chores because they get a place to sleep and food to eat
  2. be paid by the chore to learn the value of working for money
  3. receive a set amount of money every week to do chores as needed or
  4. be paid an allowance to learn how to manage money

For Moms: How to Bond with Your Tween Daughter

Bonding Over Beauty book encourages mother daughter relationships

 

Over the long weekend I made some time to sit down with a great new book, Bonding Over Beauty: A Mother-Daughter Beauty Guide to Foster Self-Esteem, Confidence and Trust, by Erika Katz. As the mother of an almost 11-year-old daughter, I am always looking for new ways to stay connected to my tween daughter and ways to talk to her about all the changes she is about to experience in her body.

The Imagination Movers: High Energy Family Fun – Win Tickets!


High-octane Rock-O-Matic tour comes to Verizon Theatre on Friday September 28th!

Real guitars, real drums, real fun! Rich, Scott, Dave and Smitty – of the Emmy-winning Disney Channel TV series “Imagination Movers” – bring their 2012 Rock-o-Matic Tour to Grapevine, Texas!

The Imagination Movers began in 2003 as a rock band for kids in New Orleans and have grown into the stars of a hit television series seen in over 55 countries on the Disney Channel. They were the highest-rated and most popular live family act of 2011.  Their reputation of onstage silliness truly engages the littlest of kids along with their older siblings, parents, and grandparents. They combine danceable power pop songs with extremely catchy choruses to inspire audience participation.

On their hit TV show, the Imagination Movers star as four friends who work together in the Idea Warehouse to solve problems through creativity and teamwork. Their friends Nina and Warehouse Mouse are there to help along the way as the Movers brainstorm ideas and explore the Warehouse’s many magical rooms. Each episode features two or more original Movers songs.