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I don't read much about blogs and such but, if I had to choose a writer I would choose, Lily Kerman, a writer for teen vogue. I chose her because in her first year, she wrote 100 put together stories for the magazine.

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ALLOWANCES

Allowances are payments that parents give to their children for doing chores and such. This is a form of showing them what having a job is like at a younger age. In my opinion, I think that allowances are great and that they everyone should use a form of it because it can teach children important lessons.

Kids should start getting allowances as soon as they start talking about and asking for money. This normally happens at a pretty young age so, you can start of kids with small chores. Such as picking up toys, taking out the trash, doing the dishes, etc.

Once they get older, it can change to things like walking the dog, vacuuming, sweeping, cleaning the toilet, doing the dinner preparations, dusting, feeding pets, etc. Who wants to clean the toilet if they have a kid that can do it, right?

Allowances have been used by many families but some people have a different opinion on them. They can think things such as their child doing the chores so poorly that they second guess giving the child money.

To fix this, they can have a talk with them and tell them that they need to put effort into their chores and treat it like a real job because that’s what it is. This can help your child understand that in order to get money, they need to work hard.

Another thing is that they don’t want their kids to think that they’re getting money handed to them. So, they should teach their kids about financial literacy and they could make the child split up money into two groups. One group is savings and the other is for spending.

Another question parents ask is how much money should they earn? Well, that’s all up to them. But, it all depends on what kinds of chores are done, how they’re done, and the amount that the parent thinks is fair. Once they start doing bigger chores and more are added on, then the amount of money that they earn should go up.

So, parents should give their kids allowances so that they can learn the responsibilities of earning money and so that they have their own money to spend instead of their parents. This will help them learn the important life skills that aren’t taught in school.