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Oh, well yeah ... my kids love to help with daily household chores, too. I, myself, wouldn't consider it "working" or "being hired" at that age, but that's my just opinion. Sounds like you're on a good track for saving up some money for her, though.
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Hmmm, our kids are way underpaid! They help with daycare chores but, very little since they are in school. They are given allowance but only $5 a week. $2 for savings, $2 for tithing and $1 to save or spend. We feel that some things are done not to earn money but, because that is the right thing to do.Comment
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My daughter is 10.5 and she helps me. But she only does when she volunteers and I don't pay her with money (she has household chores that she gets money for) but I will buy her a magazine or book or something to "pay" her. She loves this.Comment
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My DD was a laundry freak at 2.5! Yes, at 2.5 years old. She knew how to sort and could fold.
My friends always laughed because they thought I was trying to "make" her help with household chores, when the truth was she really like doing it....even today at 25 years old, she is a bit OCD about her laundering habits.
My girlfriends had kids the same age and would constantly invite my DD over for play dates....I figured out later that really it was because while playing, my DD would organize their kids' rooms and fold/sort and put away their laundry. :
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I have a 2.5 year old little girl in care who perfectly capable of helping out with laundry....very verbal and fantastic self-help skills.
I don't find it odd at all that a 2.5 yr old can do laundry AND likes to.
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We are on the same page! My kids (all SA) have just 1 or 2 chores to do each day M-Sa (the same chores week to week), because they live in this house and are a part of this family. Then, I pay them $5 a week IF they do their chores every day WITHOUT COMPLAINT. We keep track on a dry erase board. Helping out is not optional, whining is
. Then, I pay them for EXTRA things they do so Mom and Dad can relax more-anywhere from 25 cents to a whole dollar, depending on the job. On-the-spot payment for that, as it really encourages them to do more and more.
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The way the OP had written it I was visualizing the child putting the laundry in the washing machine/detergent & allMy DD was a laundry freak at 2.5! Yes, at 2.5 years old. She knew how to sort and could fold.
My friends always laughed because they thought I was trying to "make" her help with household chores, when the truth was she really like doing it....even today at 25 years old, she is a bit OCD about her laundering habits.
My girlfriends had kids the same age and would constantly invite my DD over for play dates....I figured out later that really it was because while playing, my DD would organize their kids' rooms and fold/sort and put away their laundry. ::
I have a 2.5 year old little girl in care who perfectly capable of helping out with laundry....very verbal and fantastic self-help skills.
I don't find it odd at all that a 2.5 yr old can do laundry AND likes to.
LOL. I was not thinking of folding, etc. ::
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What you have set up is a wonderful way to teach her about the value of saving/spending and showing how interest and savings compound on each other. In terms of your questions. I have two boys, ages 13 and 10. They have been doing laundry, helping with dishes and picking up their rooms for a long time. When they were little we would make it fun and they would race to see who could complete the task the fastest-it's a boy thing. As they have gotten older I now seperate their tasks based on whether it is a daycare job or family chore. They are given an allowance each week. It isn't much-$1.00 for unloading/loading the dishwasher all week, etc. Then they are given tasks to help that are daycare jobs. These are jobs that I could do myself but because they help it takes the stress off of me and helps me out. Examples would be that they clean the bathrooms, yes even the toilet, or washing windows, vacuuming the floors and picking up sticks in the yard. All of this is paid individually based on the chore and tallied at the end of the week. In my ideal world we would have a chore chart with velcro stickers behind jobs and their names on it where they choose the jobs for the week with the pay listed. Sorry this is getting long. Anyways, they also wash our vans, take my dog for walks and watch the babies if I need to get something done. They have more time in their day than most because they are homeschooled so that helps out as well. Though I try not to abuse their time because they are still in school for most of the day other than a few hours in the afternoon.
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My dd (14) is employed by a family and does child care after school for $10/hr. She gets home at 6. She makes more than her college aged cousin with a traditional job.
In the summer, I hire her as an assistant for the SA kids during nap. She works 3 hours per day (1-4) and earns $150/week.
She has a HEFTY savings account and a CD she started on her own. I am SUPER proud of her work ethic. She organizes crafts/games/science experiments/scavenger hunts and really gets into it. I also get a break in summer.
I see nothing wrong with this, and it is legal in my state. I claim it, and so does she. I had a paper route, than a babysitting job and by the time I was in HS, I had organized a real life 'babysitters club'. Parents called me, I referred someone who could do it if I wasn't available and earned $5 for the referral. I had flyers up everywhere.
My brother raked/mowed lawns, took out trash cans, shoveled driveways and did odd jobs for neighbors starting when he was 10ish.
My Mom was a widow and COULD NOT afford to pay us anything. Household chores were expected, and didn't earn us anything but thank you. Our money we earned on our own and if it weren't for that money, we would be home on the weekends.
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