Kids shouldn’t be paid for doing chores because it’s part of family team work, they will be expecting money every time they help, and parents don’t get paid for doing chores.
by Ana Dippel
1. It teaches them responsibility.
1.1. In the future, kids won't be getting paid for doing chores, so that teaches them responsibility.
1.1.1. In the future when they live in an apartment, no one will be paying them to do their own chores.
2. It's part of family team work.
2.1. According to CNN, "Children should be expected to help out around the house and in the yard because they are members of the family, not because they are paid."("Kids and Money: Allowances").
3. They will be expecting money every time they help.
3.1. If you ask a kid to help you unload the dishwasher, they will be expecting money from it. They will have to learn that not everything comes with a reward, and they have to be willing to help.
4. No one pays parents to do chores.
4.1. In a story on Scope about a mom and her daughter Megan debating on whether or not Megan should get paid for doing chores. The mother says "Nobody pays Dad to wash the dishes and take out the garbage and mop the floors. And I would be a millionaire if I got paid every time I did the laundry or made lasagna or drove you and your brother to school," (Grill 26-27).
