Get An Allowance Short Story

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The downfall to living in a neighbourhood where you are surrounded with kids, is that they talk.. a lot and about things they should not be talking about. Apparently, not talking about wages is only applicable when you are old enough to handle a job, when you are old enough to have co-workers and have been taught that discussing wages is inappropriate. Thanks neighbour kids for jacking up the going rates for everything from the tooth fairy to Santa Clause and now allowance!

I have been one of those lucky mothers who has managed to get her child to do chores without having to pay for it until now! We recently increased Ava's chore list from only having to take care of the recycling to adding in loading and unloading the dishwasher and tidying …show more content…

and like running into a brick wall, all conversations abruptly stopped. "QUICK.. think of something" I mutter to myself! She knows she's got me! ANNND it starts, the lists forms of all the reasons she thinks she should get an allowance, how much of an allowance she should get and what she is willing to do for said allowance. I don't remember what age I was when I started getting an allowance but I do remember $2 bills quite frequently.. (ha! Remember those?) I also remember having things to buy with that allowance because I lived in small city and the times were different then, you could walk or bike to the store with no worries. What the heck does she think she needs the money …show more content…

I used to clean my Dad's work truck, and there is no amount of elbow grease that could completely remove the amount of dirt and saw dust out of his truck from my non- professional auto detailing service! Thankfully, they knew my performance would never be on that level.
Encourage your child to work towards something, maybe there is a certain toy or book that they want. Challenge them to see how long it will take them to achieve their goal and how rewarding it can be to work towards something! Being able to see their goal, work towards it and then praise them when they get their or motivate and lift them up when they are struggling.
Further more, call all the parents of the children who planted this seed in your kids head and tell them to teach their child not to discuss wages.. haha.. seriously though us moms gotta stick together! Obviously, I am not 100% serious but I have had the discussion with the other parents about what their ideas are for chores or rates and how they are handling this area, Getting on the same page, or at least knowing what page other parents are on will help you down the

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