Allowance for six year old question

[Entertaining_Angels]

We want to start giving our six year old son an allowance to teach him the value of money and tithing.

He does quite a bit. He makes his bed every morning, picks up his room, puts away the silverware, feeds the dogs and cats and then just helps me straighten up during the day.

Does anybody (or has anybody) given their six year old an allowance and, if so, how much?

Thanks.

 

[okiemommy26]

My daughter is six but i havent decided to give her an allowance yet. How about a couple dollars each week. Make a checkoff list for him and if he gets it all done then he gets his allowance. That away he can save it.

 

[Gwenyfur]

My youngest turns 7 next Wednesday. She receives an allowance of 3.00. For this she has to make her bed, put her toys away before bed at night, feed and water our 4 cats and she sets the table for dinner. She has learned about tithing and usually gives more than the standard 10%.

God Bless

 

[Entertaining_Angels]

Gwen, question, what does she do with the rest of her money?

 

[Gwenyfur]

Gwen, question, what does she do with the rest of her money?

Well for a few months this summer she saved most of it. She'd buy a couple pieces of bubble gum and then saved the rest. After saving up 18 and some change she came to me with her money box (a small jewelry type box) and asked if she had enough to buy a Bible. She has 2 so I asked her why seh needed another, turns out she wanted to get one for one of her friends at AWANA's who didn't have one. Off we went...shopping! She bought a precious moments Bible for her friend. With what she had left she spent a bit on stickers and a little notebook for her prayer journal. I know at her age it's a simple thing to pray...but I'm trying to teach her to record not only the prayers, but how God has answered them.

These last few months she saved the rest and bought a present for her sister and her daddy, for her sunday school teacher, and she was quite insistent about buying our pastor a present that was just from her! She's a character

 

[Entertaining_Angels]

Now, that impresses me. I only pray that my son will use his money as wisely and generously.

 

[Gwenyfur]

She's a good kid, I'm truly blessed. She's got such a little heart for Jesus. I can't thank Him or praise Him enough for the blessings I have in my daughters.

God Bless!

 

[jenelis]

I started giving my now 6 1/2-year-old an allowance when she turned six. It's $3.00 per week-- for making her bed each morning, feeding our three animals, and helping to set/clear dishes as needed. We have a deal where she can earn up to $5.00 for doing extra chores around the house (like sweeping kitchen floor, taking trask can around back, extra straightening up). She'll ask and I assign and then I award at the end of the week.

At first she could not wait to get to Wal-mart and spend her hard earned cash. She blew it on junk a few times and I just let her. I never gave in and added to her kitty-- I'd say "Nope, you don't have enough." Finally she got tired of getting cheap stuff and started saving. Usually three to four weeks and then she can get something she wants (like a Barbie or a My Little Pony).

She recently saved quite a few allowances. I wanted her to buy Christmas presents-- but ran out of time. The day before school break, she came home and wanted to spend it to buy her friend a school yearbook. I had bought her one and her friend wanted one and the parents are not exactly in a position to spend money (they're in the middle of a bitter divorce). So we packaged up the dollars and change and sent it to school. I hope the other parents stay clueless-- but I'm proud of my daughter for being so generous.

I think allowances are a great opportunity to start the never-ending education on spending money wisely.

Hope this helps.

 

[greenessa]

Just wondering, and I hope I don't step on any toes here. I am also looking for ideas about allowances, but without attaching it to chores. To me helping with the dishes isn't a way of making money it is what you do as a part of our family. Same with picking up their mess/toys, dirty laundry in the hamper etc. My 3 year old is all over the laundry thing so that her favorite shirt gets washed often- aarggh! Any suggestions, Vanessa

 

[andiesmama]

Just wondering, and I hope I don't step on any toes here. I am also looking for ideas about allowances, but without attaching it to chores. To me helping with the dishes isn't a way of making money it is what you do as a part of our family. Same with picking up their mess/toys, dirty laundry in the hamper etc. My 3 year old is all over the laundry thing so that her favorite shirt gets washed often- aarggh! Any suggestions, Vanessa

That's my opinion....chores are chores, we don't plan on attaching chores to our daughter's allowance. She'll get a set amount per week, and will be able to earn extra if she does more chores.

If she doesn't do chores, she will still get her allowance but there will be a separate consequence for not doing her jobs.

 

[MERCY@GRACE]

I only give my boys money if they do something that I Didn't ask them to do,and do a good job (such as the basement or something) My two oldest are 9&6,my others are 4,3,&1. My two oldest clean their bathroom on Fri,they clean the kithchen after each meal,are responsible for their rooms, fold their clothes,and picking up their own messes they make in the lvrm. I don't get an allowance for cooking or cleaning, it is a part of my job/duty as a mom. I want my kids to know that we are a team,and certain responsibilities have to be done all throughout life. What happens when we are low on money? Will they catch a tude b/c mom couldn't pay them to do their chores? I certainly am NOT against giving kids an allowance( I believe it's necesary to teach kids to be a good stuart of money at some point and time, and to also give God a portion) but at the younger ages, it needs to be a character issue I think. Does that make sense lol!

~In him

 

[andiesmama]

I only give my boys money if they do something that I Didn't ask them to do,and do a good job (such as the basement or something) My two oldest are 9&6,my others are 4,3,&1. My two oldest clean their bathroom on Fri,they clean the kithchen after each meal,are responsible for their rooms, fold their clothes,and picking up their own messes they make in the lvrm. I don't get an allowance for cooking or cleaning, it is a part of my job/duty as a mom. I want my kids to know that we are a team,and certain responsibilities have to be done all throughout life. What happens when we are low on money? Will they catch a tude b/c mom couldn't pay them to do their chores? I certainly am NOT against giving kids an allowance( I believe it's necesary to teach kids to be a good stuart of money at some point and time, and to also give God a portion) but at the younger ages, it needs to be a character issue I think. Does that make sense lol!

~In him

I agree....I think that doing chores is simply a part of being a family...or a member of the team, like you put it! My husband & I don't believe our child should be rewarded for doing something that's she should be doing anyways...

 

[Entertaining_Angels]

Wow, I really think God is working here. A couple nights, we sat down with our son to talk about an allowance and he told us what he wanted to do. He's gotten several piggy banks over the years and he said he wants to put some money in one piggy bank to give to the church, the other piggy bank will be for his money and the other piggy bank will be money he'll put into his bank account. We ended up adding one more piggy bank to save for gift giving. Now, this impresses me because we never talked to him about it and that was basically what we were intending. We've decided to give him $3.00 a week to divide between his piggy banks. He knows that he'll have to complete his chores to receive his money and his chores are to be done. They are not optional.

Thanks for the feedback. I think this is going to be a very good thing for my little guy.

 

[Entertaining_Angels]

I only give my boys money if they do something that I Didn't ask them to do,and do a good job (such as the basement or something) My two oldest are 9&6,my others are 4,3,&1. My two oldest clean their bathroom on Fri,they clean the kithchen after each meal,are responsible for their rooms, fold their clothes,and picking up their own messes they make in the lvrm. I don't get an allowance for cooking or cleaning, it is a part of my job/duty as a mom. I want my kids to know that we are a team,and certain responsibilities have to be done all throughout life. What happens when we are low on money? Will they catch a tude b/c mom couldn't pay them to do their chores? I certainly am NOT against giving kids an allowance( I believe it's necesary to teach kids to be a good stuart of money at some point and time, and to also give God a portion) but at the younger ages, it needs to be a character issue I think. Does that make sense lol!

~In him

At what age do you teach them about tithing and/or give them an allowance? My son has been doing chores for more than three years now so I can understand the 'tude LOL. We just decided, for us, six is a good age to start teaching about money.

Thanks again for the responses. They really helped. Up until I read this thread, I was thinking like fifty cents a week maybe a dollar at the most. However, once he started telling us what he wanted to do with his money, we decided to increase his allowance. He is very responsible for a six-year old. I'm proud of that little guy

 

[inHisgrip]

We give our son .50 cents per year of life. There are no chores involved, however he has responsibilities such as..brushing his teeth, keeping his room clean, ect.
If these things are not done we will deduct money from his allowance and if he wants something specific he can do extra things for me for extra money.
In HIm

 

[MERCY@GRACE]

At what age do you teach them about tithing and/or give them an allowance? My son has been doing chores for more than three years now so I can understand the 'tude LOL. We just decided, for us, six is a good age to start teaching about money.

Thanks again for the responses. They really helped. Up until I read this thread, I was thinking like fifty cents a week maybe a dollar at the most. However, once he started telling us what he wanted to do with his money, we decided to increase his allowance. He is very responsible for a six-year old. I'm proud of that little guy

I think that's great your 6yro has the concept of money down pat-unfortunatley that is not the norm. Most kids when they get money want to buy junk or candy lol! I believe from what you are describing-that you are being led by the holy spirit-which is why I said I wasn't against allowance. For me personally I just think there's a fine line ( in my household) to teach the difference between "right" and "priveledge"

The few times they have gotten money I Remind them that 10% belongs to God! Now one might say....."you can't force your kid to give to God, it has to be from the heart" then I would say, well you can't force your kids to go to church. Both need to be taught and obeyed IMO. Right now they are so young that they don't NEED money. If they do exceptionally well, we may go out for ice-cream etc. I always praise them when they do their chores well (some days better than others lol)

I believe when my kids are in their pre-teen /teen yrs I may impose allowance since money will be an issue then, and they will want it for leisurely things. For now I am laying down the foundation that chores don't necesarily have to always have a monetary value attatched to them! Again this is just my philosohy and I dare not impose it on others

~IN him

 

[psychoceramic]

for our eight year old daughter we use a point system that my wife came up with based on her childhood.

we have a list of task that need to be completed by our kid on a daily, weekly or monthly basis and she gets points for completing them, roughly about ten points for each task, minus any points for us having to remind her or zero points if she doesnt do it to negative points if need be.

her list includes daily chores.. daily hygene..weekly cleaning of bathroom and helping with laundry to monthly task. the list also has anything that needs to be worked on at the time... like remembering to turn off lights and radio, using proper manners to wearing glasses.

there are also chances for her to achieve bonus points based on great behavior, doing task with out our instructions and for being totally Christ like in her attitude and life.

there are also chances to lose points based on not completing the task, being reminded to do it more that three times, acting in an bad manner or attitude.

when we first started this a year and half ago, she said right away she wanted to have her own pet. she then picked the pet and we researched what it would take to take care of, purchase and what supplies she would need for the pet.

my wife and i then figured out the cost.... and told our daughter how many points would be needed to buy and take care of the pet. she then worked for the pet by collecting the points.

since the purchase of the pet, she has bbeen saving her points and has over 15000 points it cost 5000 for the pet, and 5000 for the cage and about 200 points a month for up keep.... which we have stoped taking away..... due to some stuff going on in her other house (where she lives with her bio mother)


this worked for us and kept us from having to worry about spending money on nonsense items (nonsense to us) she hasa piggy bank in which she keeps moneys from grandparents and the lioke..... and she hardly ever touches it either......

welike the point system and it works for us.....

in JESUS,
psycho

 

[Gwenyfur]

Wow, I really think God is working here. A couple nights, we sat down with our son to talk about an allowance and he told us what he wanted to do. He's gotten several piggy banks over the years and he said he wants to put some money in one piggy bank to give to the church, the other piggy bank will be for his money and the other piggy bank will be money he'll put into his bank account. We ended up adding one more piggy bank to save for gift giving. Now, this impresses me because we never talked to him about it and that was basically what we were intending. We've decided to give him $3.00 a week to divide between his piggy banks. He knows that he'll have to complete his chores to receive his money and his chores are to be done. They are not optional.

Thanks for the feedback. I think this is going to be a very good thing for my little guy.

Another one of those...."God's got it, before we even realize it" moments.

Isn't He just great!

You've an amazing child if he's already making plans on how to give to God and save. God Bless!

 

[Entertaining_Angels]

Another one of those...."God's got it, before we even realize it" moments.

Isn't He just great!

You've an amazing child if he's already making plans on how to give to God and save. God Bless!

Thank you so much. I am quite proud of that little guy. During my pregnancy with him, I prayed daily that he would have sympathy/empathy for others and he really does. The difficult thing, though, is that he has some social 'quirks' and while he tries to be kind to others, other kids can be downright mean to him which is heartbreaking.

 

[jenelis]

That's great OreGal! I'm very impressed with your son and his behavior. Way to go setting good examples and giving him a fantastic foundation on which to build!

My 6 1/2 year old (only child) just last night told me that she wanted to add "helping do laundry" to her chore list. Yeah! I despise laundry!