Earn Your Allowance

Earn Your Allowance – Ways that kids can work for their money

Most parents dislike giving their kids money for no reason. They want to know that you are going to earn your allowance. They want you to value the money you receive, and understand that it really doesn’t grow on trees!
Finding ways that you kids can earn your allowance is helpful both now and in the future when you might want to increase the amount of the allowance you receive. There are different things that kids can do depending on their age. This list will help you to know what things you might need to do in the future, as you get older, too.

Things you younger children can do to earn your allowance:

Tidy up your toys – picking toys up off of the floor and putting them back into your toy box is easy to do and helps your parents out a lot
Put your books back onto the bookshelf once you’ve finished reading them
Pick up your clothes – instead of leaving your clothes or pajamas on the floor, you can pick them up and put them into the laundry basket, on your bed, or on a chair or dresser
Feed the family pet – giving your cat, dog, or hamster its food is easy and fun to do, and your pet will love you even more for it
Clean up your eating area – scoop your own crumbs back onto your plate after each meal. You can also ask your mom or dad for a cloth so that you can wipe up small spills as they happen.
Make your bed

Things you older children can do to earn your allowance:

Take the garbage out, and replace the bags
Walk the family dog and do the poop-scooping
Clean your cat’s litter box
Dusting and vacuuming
Sweep and mop the floors
Clean the bathroom
Mow the lawn
Weed the garden
Shovel snow
Wash and dry the dishes; empty and load the dishwasher
Do your own laundry, including clothes and bedding
Take the recycling out
Tidy up larger areas of the house
Fold some of the family’s laundry such as sheets and towels
Offer to help with cooking
Clear the table for everyone after meals
Put the groceries away

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Ways to not only earn your allowance, but also get an increase:

Clean out the fridge
Organize and/or clean out drawers and cupboards that are a mess
Sweep the garage floor
Wash down the deck or porch
Paint a fence
Stain the deck
Tidy and organize areas of the basement
Plant some flowers or vegetables in your family’s garden
Set goals for better grades at school
Offer to save and invest a portion of the increase
Offer to donate some of the increase to charity
Volunteer your time at a charity
Clean out the interior of a family car and/or wash the exterior
Rake leaves
Wash windows and mirrors
Clean baseboards
Wash walls
Clean all the light switches and doorknobs in your house
Pack items up to be donated to charity
Take on extra responsibility for the care of a younger sibling – learn to change diapers, give feedings, run a bath, or spend time reading stories at bedtime
Help a neighbor – this could be with something like snow shoveling or the raking of leaves

Learning about all of the different ways you can earn your allowance, will help you to decide what appeals to you. Your parents might not have even thought of some of these. It is important that kids find activities that they can do and won’t mind doing to earn some extra cash. Everyone needs to work for their money, that is one of the simple truths of life. Finding ways that you can earn your allowance helps you to contribute to your family and makes life easier for everyone. Choose from this list, or think of new ways that you can earn your allowance. Your parents will be proud of you!

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20 Comments to “Earn Your Allowance”

Alex 3 November 2010 at 5:09 am #

My wife and I implement this idea at home to instill the value of money in our daughter. We want to teach her that money does not grow on trees … she has to work for it to earn it. In the process, we’re hoping that she’ll learn how to value it by saving and spending only for necessary stuff.
product reviews 29 April 2011 at 2:44 am #

Well,get paid for what you do is really helpful to educate kids on finance,my parents do that as well when I was young
Theresa 3 May 2011 at 8:28 pm #

I like this post, it is so interesting and very informative, and i like the idea, i agree also with alex, thanks a lot for sharing this post keep it up!
eurobasket 5 June 2011 at 11:24 am #

Thanks for the tip! I did a lot of things allready, like mow the loan, wash the car,… now all I need are costumers
Precision cleaning 12 November 2011 at 1:58 am #

I will tell these little things to my son for his better knowledge to know the value of money in the future. pleased to visit this page. thanks for this information.
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michael 23 November 2011 at 9:38 am #

good idea,can kids go to toys store as model and earn their allowance?
Kris 26 November 2011 at 12:57 pm #

OH! thanks for share ir Great post very informative and easy to read.
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Money given to children is dangerous, you do not know for what purpose they need it! I spend a full control over their children in terms of money ..
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Era 10 December 2011 at 7:43 am #

good idea. it will help for parenting.
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Nice article. I found it to be informative and useful. Thanks.
Green Planet Grass 6 January 2012 at 2:39 am #

This is an awesome way to discipline kids especially with regards to money.
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Carpet Cleaning 14 January 2012 at 6:19 pm #

Great concept to teach young people the value of work and earning a honest allowance. Thanks.
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Packsize 18 January 2012 at 5:53 pm #

This is a great idea. When I was younger I begged my parents for an allowance and finally got one under pretty much the same conditions you outlined in your post. Its a great way to teach kids how to earn what they receive.
Lamb Shanks 27 January 2012 at 4:42 am #

i hope i can implement this idea to my son someday and teach them that money doesnt as easy as to spend it. personally i regret if remember to my back years ago