Do you think 7/8 years old is too young for a parent to ask their child to do chores around the house and give them pocket money for it?

[Anonymous]

I know I asked a question like this similar before but last time I said 10 years old.

In this question I kind of lowered the age bracket a bit.

In some countries parents are allowed to open up bank accounts for their children at a very young age like even when they are under 10 years old and put money in it so they can access it when they are older. Like the child only gets to access it once they reach 18 years.

[abc3643]

No. That's a very good age for a kid to start learning responsibility and earning money and teaching them about money.

For instance, let's say you are going to pay Junior $7 to do X.
You do this:
1. You create a fake paycheck from Mommy Industries for $5. But, on the corresponding fake paystub, show taking out $2 for "savings". (That's too young to really bring up taxes, unemployment insurance, social security, and medical. The point is that Junior learns about deductions from a paycheck and that your take-home pay is less than what you earned.)
2. You have Junior "cash the paycheck" with MomBank and give him the $5.00 in cash. But, you also hold on to that extra $2 which you put in a real savings bank account.
3. Once a month, you show him that real bank savings account balance so he gets an appreciation for savings.

We could move onto loans, but, at this age, this is a good start.

[Anonymous]

I don't think it's too young. But you can't expect quality work from a 7/8 year old. So understand that if you're starting someone that young you're really only doing it to get them started on being responsible and teaching them the value of hard work. Personally, I wouldn't start them till about 10.

I don't remember exactly how young I was when my parents started paying me to do chores. But I know I was the youngest of my siblings. And I did it before I got my first paid job (delivering papers) around 10 or 11.

[Opinion Owner]

You're kids are going to work the majority of thier life. Let them enjoy childhood for as long as they can is my opinion.

[Vevv123]

I believe it's important for kids to be taught responsibility from an early age. That can look like teaching a 3 year old to put their toys away or helping sort through laundry or teaching a 7 or 8 year old to vacuum or sweep. Personally I don’t think there should be a reward, I think it’s best to show them what to expect realistically out of these tasks. The reward out of achieving these tasks would be the sense of accomplishment which is far better at giving them skills and the mentality to reach certain goals without needing external motivators.

[midnightmoon05]

I started my own 2 kids around 2-3 years old. Once they were able to walk well… they wanted to help, do thingsz

so age appropriate- around 2-3 they learn to sort their socks and put them in their own draws.
money? I put them away in their little piggie bank… teach them to save… by around 6-7, they learned to add up their earnings from all the chores they have been doing…

It’s important to start teaching at a young age.

[Anonymous]

No. My mom makes my nieces and nephews do chores at 5 and 2. As long as they’re able to understand basic things, basic words, then it’s fine. But you don’t want to overwhelm them w a million things. You’re not going to have a 2 year old wash clothes or clean the yard that’s for sure. But they could help w picking up what dirty clothes is on their room and put it in the basket. Because even though they’re not doing the whole chore of washing clothes they’re learning how it’s done by watching. So as they get older they can slowly move into chores like that. My niece will help my mom wash dishes. Yes my mom actually still washes dishes in the sink. My niece may not clean it 100% but she’s learning.

[Ariesman81]

Personally, no. Though I don't like the idea of incentivizing responsibility. The children should have chores that are simply expected to be done, without compensation. Cleaning of their personal space and their own messes as an example. Compensation should only exist if they are going above their own responsibilities and helping other family members with their responsibilities.

[BonzoInBitburg]

They should do it for free. When my kids started school they were doing chores. If they didn't feel like doing chores I didn't feel like making dinner

[itsannalee]

When i was 7 i washed my own clothes, i helped my dad in his boutique to get some extra money. Now i love money 😂

[jahaims]

My 4 and 5 year "do chores" they have been asking to help with chores since they could talk. If you raise them right they won't see chores as a negative.

[DrPepper12]

2 years old is fine!

[Gaylordslav]

Money is allergic to me