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JUST CURIOUS:How much allowance (money) did you get growing up from your parent?
Asked by: kc5255
from PHILADELPHIA, PA
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Did you earned or cried for it?: -)
For me: I earned every bit of it by getting good school grades and cleaning my room.
For me: I earned every bit of it by getting good school grades and cleaning my room.
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I didn't get a regular allowance. It was just my mom and me for awhile. If I wanted something, she would just get it for me. I always kept my room clean and helped around the house. I also made sure her coffee was made, by the time she got home from work. I never asked for a heck of alot, just essentials.
Answer Date: 03:45pm 07/01/08
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I got 10$ a week after I got old enough to start doing chores. I took out the garbage, did a terrible job with the dishes although I was tryng, and kept my room tolerable. I also mowed the lawn(which was tiny). Grades didn't get me anything, because then my parents would feel bad for not giving anything to my older brother, who was terrible through school and would have never gotten anything.
Answer Date: 11:26am 06/30/08
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I got 61 cents a week. I had to submit a budget (including taxes) to justify it. That was great training. I also had chores -- lawn mowing with a push (not power) mower. Stuff like that. And grades (only As counted).
My opinion is that chores are a good idea for this.
I have the interesting view that money for grades, however logical is not a good idea and all my children were valedictorians. My idea was to use oth...
My opinion is that chores are a good idea for this.
I have the interesting view that money for grades, however logical is not a good idea and all my children were valedictorians. My idea was to use oth...
Answer Date: 11:29am 06/30/08
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I got a dollar a week from age ten to fourteen - then I earned my own money by babysitting, picking and selling blueberries, cranberries and wild strawberries until I was sixteen. Then I got a part time job at a grocery store, and worked there all through highschool and college. Paid for my own education! I still had to do chores around the house, but not for money!
Answer Date: 12:27pm 06/30/08
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Fifty pence a week as long as i washed my father's car and hadn't got into trouble.
Answer Date: 02:14pm 06/30/08
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we used to clip coupons and the money saved at the grocery store was our spending money. If we left our clothes lying on the floor, mom would pick them up but sell back to us (10cents - $1). Once a month or so, clothes that were not 'purchased' were donated to charity. At age 10 we averaged about $10....we're all young adults now....college, good jobs, family, happy & mostly well adjusted!
Answer Date: 08:03am 07/02/08
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i got it judging my age 11 year old 11 dollars 15 year old 15 dollars ... you get the point
Answer Date: 03:23pm 07/09/08
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I was lucky! I got $40 to $80 a week, a car AND gas money from the time I was 15 until I was 19 and left home. But I paid it back and more. I bought my Mom a new 2001 Buick Century that cost $21K when I was 40 years old. Two years later she got sick so I had my Dad quit his job to take care of her and I paid their bills. Mom died in 2004 and I kept paying for everything until Dad died in 2006. It was the best thing I ever did and I would have done it as long as they lived. I loved them both and miss them every day....
Answer Date: 06:37pm 07/09/08
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I can't remember if it was $5 or $10 a week. But my brother and I had a whole list of chores to do over that week. I remember I never liked taking the bin out as I was too scared to go downstairs at night incase something ate me or kidnapped me! I always swapped with my bro because he hated doing the dishes!!!
Answer Date: 05:07pm 07/15/08
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No money was given but toys were lieu of an allowance from their slave jobs. My parents taught us how to earn money by helping others in the neighborhood. I earn 25 cents a week that was big money back then.
Answer Date: 08:51pm 07/22/08
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I got £5 per week but i had to earn it, by doing household chores.
Janine UK
Janine UK
Answer Date: 02:31pm 07/25/08
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