Earning Allowance: Teen

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Seeking Advice on Chores for Children

S.K. asks from Spokane

I have an eight year old daughter and a six year old daughter whom I want to start helping out more around the house. I believe having chores is good character buildi...

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"Upgrading" Responsibilities Around the House

W.W. asks from Washington DC

I have two boys - 16 and 14. They are pretty helpful around the house, but my husband and I feel they need more responsibility. My 16 year old will be getting his ...

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Advice for Handling an Unappreciative 7-Year Old

N.W. asks from Chicago

I'm the stepmom to a 7-year old. She is normally a very thoughtful and quite happy child considering her situation, which is she spends every other day/night at her m...

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Teenager Under-achiever

A.N. asks from Columbus

My 17 y.o. daughter is very intelligent, book-smart. However, she doesn't like to put forth a lot of effort for any thing. She figured out reading basically on her ow...

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How Do You Teach a 6 Year Old Not to Steal?

D.Q. asks from Dallas

We've been having issues recently with our 6 year old son taking things that don't belong to him. If he sees it & wants it, he takes it. From school, a friend, the st...

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Paying for Camp with 2 Teenagers at Home

C.S. asks from Minneapolis

I am curious how other family households deal with their children going to camp and able to afford them. One of the camps cost $300.00 for 3 nights and 4 days and th...

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Have I Gone to Far?

L.B. asks from Biloxi

So, I just took away all of my 15 year old son's electronics - PS3, phone, computer privileges, TV - all of it. Why? Because I have been asking him to mow the law...

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14-Year-old with Attitude Problem

B.L. asks from Fresno

I'm having trouble with my 14-year-old daughter's attitude and her laziness. I have to constantly remind her to do her chores, and when I do tell her she gets an atti...

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Too Old? Too Young?

A.B. asks from Providence

My daughter is in the 6th grade and she is trying to be just like a teenager. She spent her allowance on bigger bras(that she does not need). She went shopping with h...

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Chores

G.A. asks from Eugene

I would like to start giving my 7 year old son some daily chores to do in exchange for a small weekly allowance, but I am not sure where to start. He already cleans h...