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[quote=Anonymous]I do think that anyone can figure out basic chores as an adult.  So, the purpose of involving kids when they are kids isn't to teach them how to do the tasks.  The purpose is to teach them that everyone has a role to play in keeping the house running, that work is rewarded with pay (allowance/commission), that mom/dad are not their servants, that it's important to take care of the things we have, to practice doing a job well, etc.  You can choose any, all or none of these.  That's an individual decision for each family.  But, the value of doing chores as a kid is not to learn the task....it's to learn something about personal and/or community responsibility.

I'm tinkering with this myself.  Recently read and implemented the Dave Ramsey (commission based) approach.  It worked well for my child who was begging for a tablet (i.e. he was motivated to work to earn $$... my 8 yr. old was teaching my 11 yr. old how to do laundry!).  It's not working at all for my other child who wants nothing... she sees no reason to do any commission-based chores.  I'm thinking of scrapping the Dave Ramsey chore chart and just setting expectations that the kids have to do certain tasks.  I don't know how I'm going to set it up or how the $$ might come into play.  I just know that the commission-based system doesn't work if your kid doesn't see a need to earn $$.[/quote]

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