Should kids get paid to do chores?

Trade said:
Why not? I got money for nothing and I turned out OK. :)
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Dave Ramsey said he asked his dad for an icecream and he said: No. Go mow lawns. I felt so sorry for him. My kids got everything. Still if I have enough. They never whine about money or stuff. One needed something and had nothing left cause he had to pay half of the laptop he needed. Then his little brother gave him money from his 50 euro he got from his dad.

When they were small I had very little. I just didnt eat. Thin as a needle. Bread with cheese, no warm food, so we could go to the fair or buy em these balloons for 10 euro each. I gave em everything. It was cheap stuff. Stuffed animal whatever they wanted.

I have the idea that sometimes, not always, if people get nothing or little as a kid they want to have it later. My sister asked if they wanted something for Christmas. They say: Hm don't know. Neh I don't care about presents. My uncle went through WWII. He ate onions for dinner, walked around in crazy cheap clothes and gave everything to some good cause. In return his son is now a millionair who has cattle for fun, a gigantic house, car, stuff. I think it's because his dad was too extreme.
 

I believe that not having to do chores for money when I was a kid taught me some valuable life lessons that served me well later in life.

For example I worked 31 years in a governemt job, wait, let me rephrase that. I put in 31 years in government job. That's pretty close to getting money for nothing. And now that I am retired from that governemt job I am getting a defined benefit pension and social security. More money for nothing. So you see, I learned the value of getting money for nothing. :)


 
Not all kids need the same incentives to learn hard work, and not all kids are motivated by money, but I would guess the safest way to raise a kid would be pay for chores and work. We did not do that however and we have a really hard working, thrifty kid. Now at 27 she keeps a clean, beautiful house and does all the things that would have typically been chores as a pre-teen and teenager. It's a miracle I tell ya.
 

I was never paid for chores done around the house, although admittedly my mother was a perfectionist so she made sure everything was spotless. As a young teenager, I made money by mowing neighbors' lawns and washing their cars. In high school, I even "babysat" my next door neighbors' Great Dane while they were in Europe. I always had spending money. It taught me to work hard and to appreciate the value of a dollar.
 
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