To pay, or not to pay…THAT is the question.
27 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
in Children, Deep thoughts by Mo Strickland
I have talked about the show ,Wife Swap, before. For some reason, that show really gets me thinking. Sometimes about the fact I didn’t realize there were people actually out there like some of these people…and sometimes it makes me think about the way my husband and I do things.
Of course, I usually think our way is the best…but then again, I guess everyone does. But this past episode touched on a subject I have discussed with many-a-mother. Whether or not to PAY your children for doing chores around the house. This is a question I have struggled with for years now. Dave and I made the decision a while back to pay our children, we have them on a “chore list” with each chore getting a certain payment…if it’s done well, I sign off on that particular chore and at the end of the week, they get paid in cash for what they did.
They have to decide then what to do with their money. Automatically, 10% HAS to go into the “GIVE” envelope. As a Christian family, we believe in paying tithes….so we teach our children the same..and they put that in the offering as their own money they give. Then, they have to decide, what they want to spend now, and what they want to put in the “SAVE” envelope, if they are saving for a particular thing they’d like. My children have a VERY hard time saving for anything…I still haven’t gotten them to want to put much in their Save envelopes..but I still try.
Now, some other people, and as with a couple on Wife Swap, believe that you should not pay your children chore money. They live in that house, and should help out – and this I agree with also….but my question is – how are you going to teach your children how to do a job, do it well, and get rewarded, like “the real world” will be? So, there is my struggle…to pay, or not to pay…I still do…until someone can convince me differently.
