Getting Allowance

From the "other side of the fence," my husband and I tried the allowance thing with our kids and found that we prefer to just have our kids do specific chores just because they're members of a family and have a responsibility to do their share without getting paid to pull their weight.

We sometimes offer them opportunities to earn money by doing things that aren't their regular chores, though. And we reward good grades with money. We have an Excel spreadsheet that calculates how much money each grade is worth, and it takes into account whether the grade is an improvement or a decline from the previous report card.

Jam it back in, in the dark.