What do you consider a preposterous allowance for a 10 year old girl? what would you consider appropriate?

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What do you consider a preposterous allowance for a 10 year old girl? what would you consider appropriate?

Answer 1

Hard to say...it depends on the amount of work she does to earn it.  My 9.5yo son doesn't receive an allowance, he has a monthly job passing out flyers for a local business owner, and he gets paid per flyer.

He also receives a percentage of his Scout popcorn sales to pay for his Scout events and gear through the year, and if he earns enough to have an excess (which he usually does), he pays for his baseball season and any lessons he would like to take.

He probably makes more than a lot of kids his age, but he works his backside off for it and is responsible for budgeting it.  If it runs out before he has a chance to earn more, then he learns to budget more wisely the next time around :-)

I figure this is much more like "real life", and is teaching him the skills he needs to be a responsible worker and budget his money wisely when he grows up.

Answer 2

Any and everything is preposerous. Try commissions. THis will teach a valuable work ethic. Decide upon what chores that can be done for a set amount. By earning herown money, she will grow to value the dollar and when it comes time to spend, will think twice.

Check out the Financial Peace Jr. program by Dave Ramsey.

Answer 3

I would say, around 2-4 dollars, depending on what chores/jobs she does around the house.

Answer 4

$20 a week is a good allowance. $200 a week would be preposterous.

Answer 5

A basic allowance for age 10 is about $5.00 per week, if he/she does the required chores at the house.

If they would like more than help them find a job, like a paper route, yard work, or shoveling snow.

A 10 year old should not be placed in the position of being responsible for younger children as a sitter.

The work has to be age appropriate, and according to their abilities.

I would not pay them extra for volunteer work, since that has to come from the heart.

Answer 6

After reading the other answers, I guess "preposterous" is quite subjective.

My boys can *earn* $1 each week for every year they are old (so a 10 yo could earn $10).  They have assigned "jobs", each with their own dollar value.  Do the job, get paid... don't do the job, don't get paid.  Example: my 12 y.o. sorts, washes, and dries the laundry, I fold it, and he puts his stuff away.  He does 6 loads each week and earns $1 per load.

Of the money they earn, at least 10% goes to savings and another 10% to charity.  My 12 y.o. has over $1200 in savings.  I buy his necessities (clothes, deodorant, etc.), he buys his "fun" stuff (games/cards, music, books, etc.)

Answer 7

Much would depend on what 'expenses' were expected to come out of that allowance. My son (15yo) gets $5 per week. That is what he was spending on soda's, snacks etc.  So he  pays for any drinks or snacks purchased while we are out (He can save money by putting something on the grocery list, if it is reasonable and take it with him when we go out).   We take care of his needs. He is required to save (through working, gift money and even his allowance) for things he 'wants'.  He is not paid for chores around the house.. he is expected to participate in home chores as a member of the family.

So, preposterous would be subjective... in our household if it was more than $10 a week as he doesn't need that much STUFF. That figure will be different in other households based on lifestyle, activities and cost of living.

Answer 8

Preposterous, would be around $8.00 to $10.00 a week.

Realistically, from $2.00 to $3.00, I would guess. If the girl

does chores daily at home, then it would depend on what all

she has to do, or how unpleasant the jobs are. My grandson

is 14, and makes $5.00 a week. He cleans out the cat litter

boxes, and he cleans up the back yard for dog p**p. Two

very unpleasant jobs. And he has to keep his room picked up

without dirty clothes, etc laying around. Everything has to be

put away or hung up. He also has to be ready to do some

extra things around the house if his parents ask him to take

the garbage out, or something like that. He gets a flat rate,

and no more. So he saves his money to buy something

in the video games dept of stores.

Answer 9

Why don't you do some babysitting, are you old enough to be responsible,and I mean are you the type off person one can count on to show up on time and do the job.

As far as money goes,earn it yourself.

Answer 10

I heard of one girl around that age getting $25 a week (this was just a basic allowance, not tied to actually earning it in any way). I couldn't believe it. That's $1300 a year. What kid that age needs that kind of money???

My dd is turning 10 and she presently gets $2 a week (she doesn't have to do anything to earn it; we expect her to help out around the house because she's a member of the family, not because she expects to be rewarded for it). She likes to wait a few weeks before getting it, though, because 1) she's learned that if she doesn't have the money in her wallet, she's less likely to spend it and 2) she likes getting what feels like a lot of money at once. :) She also gets occasional bonuses here and there, just because or for birthdays/Christmas, etc.

Answer 11

Don't know: I'm 14 and I don't get an allowance. If there's something I want, I have to work for it.

Edit: That's "work for it" in addition to doing everyday chores. Everyone (except for the bub!) has to do chores round here just because that's the way things work but then, if any of us kids wants money to buy something, we can ask Mum or Dad for extra chores and then we get paid for doing those extra jobs (but that's in addition to the unpaid everyday stuff).