When children reach a certain age, they like to have their own spending money. While they sometimes receive money for birthdays and other holidays, some parents pay their children for doing work around the home. While this benefits the child in an effort to have their own money, there are many pros and cons of giving kids an allowance for chores.
Some people believe paying children for helping out around the house is redundant. While most children are assigned certain chores daily, weekly, even monthly, these chores should be done whether a child gets paid an allowance or not. Therefore, giving children their own spending money and calling it an allowance could possibly affect the way they perform chores. This could be a good or bad thing. The child may think that if they do not feel like doing their chores they do not have to, and the consequences will be that they will not get an allowance. When a parent sets the record straight, a child may become rebellious and not perform the task the way he should. However, the circumstances could take a turn in the opposite direction, and a...
After reading, The Case Against Chores, by Jane Smiley, I must say that I disagree with her perception of chores. Ms. Smiley states that the reason for chores is for “developing good work habits or, in the absence of good work habits, at least habits of working” (Smiley, 2009, p. 274). However, chores teach us things such as responsibility and how to go above and beyond what might be asked of us. As a child I did a lot of chores and had to grow up a little faster than some children, but I would not change that for the world. It molded me into the adult that I am today. Therefore, chores, to a certain extent, are a great way to start you on the path in preparing you for adulthood.
We have tried explaining to our parents, nicely, about our feelings toward these chores. Some of us have even tried begging our parents to not give as many chores as usual so that we have time to do homework or go out with our friends. But it is obvious that our actions have been ignored and this is why we have to write this Declaration of Independence.
Is earning your own money bad? The article The Fast Food Factories: McJobs are bad for kids was written by Amitai Etzioni and published by The Washington Post in 1986. In this article Etzioni states, and I quote, “theses jobs undermine school attendance and involvement, impact few skills that will be useful in later life, and simultaneously skew the values of teen-agers—especially their idea about the worth of a dollar.” Because I am currently in high school and have a job, I strongly believe jobs are helpful, contain many basic life learning skills, but often diminishes teen-agers` thoughts of the value of money.
Parents are tricky people. The trickiest parents tell their children how much they love them and shower each child with praises and gifts, but do not be fooled, parents are not being kind and thoughtful out of the goodness of their hearts. No, parents have darker motives that not all kids catch on to. Parents have children for only one reason, so they do not have to do housework. Think about it, from a young age parents are always forcing their kids to pick up toys or throw away trash. Trust me, these demands are not to teach children anything, it is solely because when the parents were younger they had to clean house and now they no longer want to. Now, I know this news has probably come as a shock to you and hopefully you see the injustice. Something has to be done. Luckily, there is a way out by following these four simple steps you can avoid any unnecessary housework in the future.
...orce the good behaviour with rewards and decrease the likelihood of negative behaviour being repeated. The structured discipline of both parents and teachers help the child to appreciate that good behaviour is much more beneficial than bad behaviour but without this structure in one or both of these settings, could lead to the child not understanding, leading to it being much more difficult to correct behaviour that isn't wanted without resorting to drastic measures of physical or psychological punishment that would do more harm than good. Further research into helping the children in these sort of circumstances would be much more beneficial to the topic of child behaviour and punishment.
The thesis statement of the article is that usage of the word "owe" undermines the mutual friendship and love that makes a person fulfill his/her responsibility towards his/her parents . I disagree with the statement and believe that the author has presented a poor argument. The basis of my standing is that the author has misinterpreted the meaning of the term "owe" to support her argument. I believe the word "owe" only represents the gravity of a responsibility.
One thing I was always curious about is simply why parents help their kids. While it seems like a very simple question, I think it is a very important one. As Kathleen Hoover-Dempsey et al wrote in a 2001 article in Educational Psychology: “…parents decide to become involved in students' homework because they believe they should be involved, believe their involvement will make a difference, and perceive that their involvement is wanted and expected” (206). I think my mom would agree to this statement and her reasoning for helping me would include a majority of the list. Because parents feel that being involved in education is...
Babysitting is something that lots of people have done. Often a parent will call a family friend to see if their teenager will come over to watch their children in exchange for some extra money. Most teens will except the offer, thinking that all they will be required of is to watch some kids play for a few hours and then be rewarded their pay. However, babysitting holds a lot more responsibility than one would think. When a parent places their child into another person's care they are accountable and should know how to be prepared, what to ask and what kind of attitude they should show to the child.
Throughout the process of growing up, punishments and rewards clearly mark what we should and should not do. Whether it is being sent to time out for pushing a classmate or earning an allowance for cleaning the dishes, we are programmed to know the difference between good and bad. When
Doing the household chores isn’t even difficult task to accomplish. Children your age have had to do much more strenuous chores, especially back in the late 18th century. “The Chimney Sweeper” by William Blake is a prime example of this. Blake’s poem talks about the hardships that come with working in the chimney’s and the mindsets of the young persons working in them.
Furthermore, you must take into consideration that teenagers don’t like being told they have to do something, and when they are they tend to do it less than halfheartedly. For example, there are teenagers who enjoy gardening, teenagers who enjoy running, and teenagers who enjoy playing piano. When you force all teenagers to do this job you will find many who do not enjoy these activities and do them with little effort if they do it at all. For instance, consider this: When teacher gives work and tells you to do it; there are many who simply don’t. However, when teacher offers make-up works there are many who chose to do it.
The chores should be age appropriate. As the children mature, the chores they receive can become more complicated. These chores should vary, in order to teach the children different skills and to maintain fairness, if a parent has more than one child. By accomplishing their tasks, children will gain self-confidence and responsibility. In addition, there are other advantages to giving chores to children. These include getting the children away from video games, computers, and television as well as giving them some physical activity, depending on the chore.
...ished playing with them (who made the mess? /who should clean the mess?). This is then further reinforced once children enter the school system - in social interaction with other children and teachers, in completing homework, even in getting to school on time. All of these day-to-day activities reinforce the concept of responsibility and accountability.
To begin with, as an adult, I start valuing how “easy” it was to be a child when I have to pay my car insurance, phone bill, gas, and other responsibilities I have to take care of. I remember as a child my mom would give me $20 and I felt rich. Now,
Even though, as a child, I did not always want to lend a hand when it came time to do chores, I did the chores because I was told to and I knew they needed to be done. I now appreciate the lessons learned from the chores; they helped me to be become an adult who understands the importance of hard work. I more than likely would not be able to maintain the balance of managing a household, raising my children, going to school, and working a full time job if chores had not been a part of my childhood. Thusly, chores are beneficial for children; Chores promote physical activity, allow children to develop an effective work ethic that will transition with them into adulthood, and teach children the importance of independence and