Chores. These days most people don’t even know the meaning of that word anymore. The question on the Table is. Should kids be expected to help out around the house and given age appropriate responsibilities with the result of an allowance for them? Or if an allowance is given for the chores, should it be reduced if the work is not done? Basically, like a Paycheck. If you are not willing to work at your Job, you don’t have that job very long. Should cleaning ones own Room or washing the dishes be rewarded with allowance or should it be part of being a Family and everyone shipping in what they can?
Imp you have the floor! Everyone else is welcome to put their 2cents in too.
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I really wish I could say that kids should not have chores, but then I know that if I put that down it would go against all I believe. Let me point one tiny fact out there…I HATE CHORES, but I complete mine. Sometimes I do half the job and other times I do great. I might hate doing chores, but I know they are good for me. I know that when I move out (which I will do, no matter how much my daddy does not want to believe it) I will have to know how to cook, clean, and all together keep my apartment and I taken care of. I also agree that a child/teen should not get paid to clean their own room. Your room is like your house. If you keep it clean good for you, but if you do not then it is your problem. The same goes for the dishes. I do the dishes on a daily bases and I am not paid for doing them. I am also sixteen and have already been paid for doing chores around the house. Right now, I am merely doing my duty as a member of the family to keep the house in ship shop shape (I hope that is the right phrase). Not only are chores annoying and beneficial for you, when you get your own house, but if a parent does it, right it can also be beneficial for teens when they get jobs. Because of my mom’s teaching I know that if I do not do a job correctly I will not get paid and I will always having that nagging fear that I will have to keep doing it until I get it right. Chores are not meant to kill you, they are meant to prepare you.
Now on a lighter note…I HATE CHORES. I hate them with a passion. Even though I do them and sometimes correctly, I still hate them.
That felt good.
So…what do you think? Give me your two…three…four…oh darn I will even take a dollar (I will put it in my college fund).
The Teenage Advocate
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