Rewarding children financially
Both children and adults respond quickly to incentives. People are more willing to do tasks when rewards are attached to them; however, I am going to share my viewpoint on today's prompt, which says, "Should children gain financial reward for doing every day tasks and chores around the house?"
Personally, I feel that everyone has their own roles in the family. Just as parents bear the responsibilities of feeding the children, paying their bills, giving them shelter, etc., children also have the responsibility of assisting their parents with chores around the house without expecting any form of financial reward.
When I was a child, my parents trained my siblings and me in a way that we knew some chores we should do at home without being reminded of them. Waking up in the morning, no one should remind you to keep the environment clean, wash the dishes, and do other necessary things at home before heading to school. Aside from chores around the house, they took us to the farm too and made us learn and work at the farm. There were no chores and tasks back then that my parents excluded my siblings and me from doing; everyone did different chores according to their age and abilities.
This made us learn and understand responsibilities even as we grow into adulthood. As much as my parents always acknowledged our job well done and praised and appreciated us, they never rewarded us financially.
Now that I am a parent, I do get my little kids to do some chores and tasks around my house. I made them understand their roles in the house and assist as much as they could. Maybe because I started so early in doing this, but I have never had issues getting them to do little chores at home. I have also never rewarded them financially for assisting me, but occasionally, depending on the chores they did, especially the one they did without my asking for it, I do gift them snacks or whatever I can get. For the little time I have appreciated them with gifts, they felt so happy and motivated, but it's never been a yardstick for them to do chores at home. They already know that this is their responsibility.
Some parents believe that rewarding children financially when they do chores helps teach them the value of money, earning, and saving. That's not totally bad, but personally, I teach my children what is involved in making money and the importance of savings and investments, but I do not support rewarding them financially for helping with chores in my home because they should be trained to know and do their responsibilities, and of course without monetary expectations, while I continue to do my responsibility as their parent.
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Children work very devotedly..😀🐝🐝
Sure 😃, they do!
See hardworking children
It's very important to teach a child how to work without giving them reward because, the reward might sometimes make them feel they are entitled to it.
Exactly 💯, and when you don't have the reward to give... doing the chores becomes a battle
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hmm... First time hearing that children are sometimes being rewarded for doing chores 😅😂.
i didn't even know that was a thing. I do not subscribe to it because it will spoil them in the long run and the child should not feel entitled to collecting money from the parent because s/he has done a thing or two. They should learn how to hold responsibilities and do what is important of them without being told.
Of course oo ... like how can I start this in the first place..not done. I already told them that when they finish from school and get a job...then they will start earning
But for doing chores in my home...it's their responsibility as children and they have to do it without expecting anything
I think it's not good for kids if you give them money at an early age as they may not understand the value of money and waste it. But you can give financial rewards to them if they are capable of understanding the value of money and know what to do with the money.
Even when they start understanding the value of money ..i still will not pay them for doing chores but only give them money for specific things not for the job done
I won't start what I cannot finish
I concur with this.
I don't think I've seen where parents pay their children for working or doing any task in the house...and that's because maybe I live in an area that's not heavily occupied by ajebos 😅
Back then, we used to work more than labourers that followed us to farm and sometimes we wished we were paid for that 😅
Hahaha... wishing to be paid..see your mouth 🤣. ..do you pay for the food u eat,? Be playing oo 😂
Lol😂
It seems you don't know what it is to work more than a labourer 😂
It seems you don't know what it means to feed u daily and pay ur fees
Lol
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Aww, they're so hardworking. It always gladdens my heart to see parents teaching their male children how to do basic house chores. Most parents think it is the duty of the girls only.
I think it's nice to reward them from time to time, you're doing amazing.
During my time, they would flog and also force you to do chores 😂😂, I wish I was rewarded too 😩
#dreemport
Hahaha 🤣🤣
I will not reward them oo 😂
Before they start feeling entitled
But I can gift them something once in a while and unexpected
Lol
Yeah, it's better they just understand that it's something they need to do without being rewarded.
Yeah that's amazing, they'll appreciate it even more
Wait monetary reward for kids for doing house chores? Does anyone do that? I want to become a kid again and let them adopt me 🤣😂
Highest I got from my parents while growing up were a little praises for my effort and maybe sometimes snacks.
Your ugu is lovely, your kids are doing a great job taking good care of it .
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Hahaha 😂
I was so surprised to see the prompt... and surprisingly again, I read that some parents do that.. lmao 🤣
Let us revisit childhood again oo 😂
Payment makes sense
Lol
Without it ...no chores
Lol
Anyways people have different ways of training children and I always say, use the pattern that most suits you but which will not spoil the kids
Nice viewpoint 👍
I just knew you're doing so well as a mom.. Those kids would definitely brag about you when they get older😊
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When you reward children you are just creating spirit of entitlement in them and it doesn't really go well.
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Indeed my dear
How did I miss this post!! perfect!! Well, I am voting a bit late but still it would help a bit!
It is an interesting point of view, we have the same focus nowadays. Helping at home isn't like a work where you can leave anytime! Everyone in the family should help right? Me and my wife split tasks, and once kids grow a bit they also need to help where they can. For example, my kids don't have the age to cook with fire, but especially my 7 year old one still can help in the cleaning and preparing their breakfast at least. With the cleaning their own mess maybe we got in the wrong path adding a motivation like you mention. We started to give a coin each time they cleaned the toys in the room. Perhaps we need to review that thing.
Wow.. sorry for replying late
I love the fact the you and your wife split tasks..that's admirable
However everyone at home including the kids has their respective roles and should be observed without expecting anything in return
Once in awhile, it's okay to appreciate the kids but not like giving them money for doing chores
That means, they should pay for the food they at home as well, lolz
Yea.. review will be nice 👍🙂
Keep up the good work. 👏🎵
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