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The other very important thing you can teach your child at a very young age is how important credit are and how to built and maintains good credits. Something that I wished my parents or any of my teachers talk to me about. I to had learned it all on my own and it means the hard way. I have been teaching my 11 and 15 year old about credits for the past two years. I wish they stop teaching how to dissect a frog in school and teach the kids how to build and maintain good credits, how important drivers license are, how not to ruin their criminal record and how to fix a broken chair...
Heres a quick tip for you if you dont know much about how credit scores work...
You must only used up to 70% of your credit card limits at all time. The moment you spent more than 70% of your credit card limit, your credit score will drop by up to a 100 point even if you're making your payments on time. Its crazy but true
What does this have to do with your premise about allowances and your view that children are lazy?
I'm with the OP! I didn't grow up being given any money for doing my own laundry, and keeping my room clean. It was expected of me to do that, so why should I give an allowance for something they have to do regardless? Makes no sense to me. I award when they do extra's like DD helping little brother with homework...
It's not that the new generations think it's less important, it's that these generations are spending too much time in daycares where no one teaches "work ethic"!
You obviously don't know what you are talking about. Preschools and day care classrooms assign kids jobs, and everyone helps clean up. I've seen it many times. Nice try though.
every so often give em like $20 as an incentive for doing good in school or just as a treat
you already take care of your kids needs by providing meals, food. clothes, shelter etc
lmao @ chores... if you have to pay your child to do something you ask them to do or stuff they are supposed to do like cleaning up after themselves then thats a problem right there
Its not about paying them for the work they did, but teaching them how the real world works. You get nothing for free and if you want something, then work for it or you aint getting anything for free
You obviously don't know what you are talking about. Preschools and day care classrooms assign kids jobs, and everyone helps clean up. I've seen it many times. Nice try though.
We are talking about home not school or anywhere else
Its not about paying them for the work they did, but teaching them how the real world works. You get nothing for free and if you want something, then work for it or you aint getting anything for free
What about teaching you don't get paid for everything you do, you aren't rewarded for doing what's expected, and sometimes you do things just because it's nice to do them for someone?
We are talking about home not school or anywhere else
No....you brought up how day cares do not teach personal responsibility and a work ethic....you don't get to change your own subject when evidence is brought up that refutes your put down of children that attend daycare.
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What about teaching you don't get paid for everything you do, you aren't rewarded for doing what's expected, and sometimes you do things just because it's nice to do them for someone?
I always thought that was part of being in a family.
We are talking about home not school or anywhere else
Tell that to the person I was responding to. He brought it up.
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