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Ddr
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08-19-2001

Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 7:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ddr a private message Print Post    
What's an allowance?

Nope
Nope

Tess
Member

04-13-2001

Friday, January 06, 2006 - 1:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tess a private message Print Post    
Yes, 25 cents/week when I was little and then 50 cents/week until I was 12. For this I did the dishes, set and cleared the table for meals, learned to do the cooking, did all the ironing, dusting and cleaning the kitchen and bathroom, vacuumed the house, fed and walked the dog, and pulled weeds.

When I was 12 and started babysitting at 50 cents/hour (for as many as 5 or 6 kids at time), allowance stopped but the chores increased. I also then was expected to make all of my own clothes and I cooked most of the family dinners all the way through highschool and college. Babysitting also paid my college tuition for undergrad and grad school. Parents didn't contribute at all.

Yes, daughter gets an allowance equal to $1.00 per year of her life per week. She's 9 now so she get's 36.00 on the first of each month. Half of that she can spend but only at my discretion so much of that goes in to a bank account. Forty percent goes into her college fund account and 10 percent goes to the charity of her choice. There is no negotiating on the percentages. I don't tie her allowance to chores but she does have some. Mostly she is a big help to me when I'm not feeling well.

Abbynormal
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08-04-2001

Friday, January 06, 2006 - 2:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Abbynormal a private message Print Post    
1. No

2. Okay, ya'll will think I'm a mean mama but here goes. We also gave $1.00 per year of their life (starting at 5) until they turned 16 and got jobs. Because if you want a car you must work, we are not buying it for you. We either paid for the car or ins whichever was cheaper for us and they had to pay the other.

When each child turned 14 they had to set down with me each week and pay bills. I made them do this for 1 year. I wanted them to see how much we had and where it went. I taught them how to budget and they knew when I said we were broke that I wasn't whistling Dixie. I checked this out with their school counselor first because I thought it might burden a child but she thought it was an excellent idea. Both older sons are great with their money now. Youngest just turned 14 so I haven't started with him yet, it's gonna be hell. He'll be trying to run my life within a month.

This is where it gets bad. I also made my children pay me for things. When we went to a restaurant they could order whatever they wanted but if they didn't eat it all I would make them pay a percentage for wasting. I once made oldest son pay for toilet paper when I saw him use half a roll to pick up a dead spider. I mean please. I hate waste more than anything. So I was mean, but it turned out really well for the other two, the third one I'm still working on. He's a good saver though.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Friday, January 06, 2006 - 5:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
That is a great idea Abby. I think I am going to try that. My 14 year old thinks I am an endless supply of moeny and he doesnt get that I have to pay bills.

Heyltslori
Moderator

09-15-2001

Friday, January 06, 2006 - 6:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Heyltslori a private message Print Post    
Good morning and TGIF!! :-) Hope you all enjoy the weekend.

Here are the results of:

1. Did you get an allowance, and if so, how much?
Yes (amounts varied)20
No25
Sometimes5
Don't remember1


2. Do you/Did you give your children an allowance, and if so, how much?
Yes (amounts varied)11
No14
Sometimes4
No kids/Kids not old enough yet22


Today's question is: Have you ever, in person, seen the inside of a jail cell?

My answer is Not yet, no.


Jagger
Member

08-07-2002

Friday, January 06, 2006 - 6:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jagger a private message Print Post    
I refuse to answer on the grounds it may incriminate me.

Dlmmo
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11-20-2003

Friday, January 06, 2006 - 6:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dlmmo a private message Print Post    
nope

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Friday, January 06, 2006 - 6:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
yes, but only for a visit though a police station.
(that's my story and I am sticking to it)

Dfennessey
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07-25-2004

Friday, January 06, 2006 - 6:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfennessey a private message Print Post    
no

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Friday, January 06, 2006 - 6:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Yes, on a field trip in second grade.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Friday, January 06, 2006 - 6:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Yep

Spitfire
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07-18-2002

Friday, January 06, 2006 - 6:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spitfire a private message Print Post    
no

Adven
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02-06-2001

Friday, January 06, 2006 - 6:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Adven a private message Print Post    
I'll say. Probably close to 100 times. Do I win anything?

Kaykay
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01-21-2004

Friday, January 06, 2006 - 6:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kaykay a private message Print Post    
nope

Lyn
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08-07-2002

Friday, January 06, 2006 - 6:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lyn a private message Print Post    
During an elementary school field trip

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Friday, January 06, 2006 - 6:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
not yet

Coco
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07-13-2000

Friday, January 06, 2006 - 6:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Coco a private message Print Post    
Yes

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Friday, January 06, 2006 - 6:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
That's a great idea AbbyN, I think I'm gonna start doing that too. The boys think the letters A T M are on my forhead.

No

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Friday, January 06, 2006 - 7:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
No

Landi
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07-29-2002

Friday, January 06, 2006 - 7:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
yes, and no i've never been arrested!

Hypermom
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08-13-2001

Friday, January 06, 2006 - 7:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hypermom a private message Print Post    
No

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Friday, January 06, 2006 - 7:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
Yes!

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Friday, January 06, 2006 - 7:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
yes, i work for the gov't, have served on jury duty, and toured new facilities before they were occupied. but, i have never been arrested.

Jimmer
Member

08-30-2000

Friday, January 06, 2006 - 8:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
No

(That must have been some second grade field trip Julie! )

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Friday, January 06, 2006 - 8:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Yes, I have a good friend who is a police officer and he showed my kids and I the police station one day.