We never gave our son an allowance. His dad and I didn't get paid for taking care of our home and we didn't feel he should either. We do things around the house that have to be done. We all live here, we all do them with no pay.
I wash the clothes in this house and put them in the dryer, from that point, my husband and son take care of their own clothes. (Son is 16, but has been doing this since he was 10.) Matter of fact, my son did the laundery when he was 10 because I had a hysterectomy and hubby didn't know how to run the washer and dryer. I had shown my son a number of times and he remembered how.
Rule is if something is on the floor and I have to pick it up...it goes in the trash. Obviously they care nothing for it if it was on the floor. I run a pretty tight ship, not because I want things perfect, I just want some free time too, just like they do.
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