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Our allowence isn't actually tied to chores, though I do sometimes charge them if I have to do thier chores. They are more likey to just not get to do anything if the chores are not done. (Ex: Can so and so come over to play or can I play video games? "Oh sorry, you didn't clean your room and the trash has really piled up, so I don't think so"). They don't get a lot of allowence, but they are expected to use it for things they want to do. When they sell candy or stuff at school, they use thier own money. Want to go to a movie? Use your own money. Want to play a video game at a restaraunt? Use your own money. Want to buy a soft drink at the gas station while mom is getting gas? Use your own money. My younger ones don't get allowence, but my older two get it and lunch money (enough to buy the basic school lunch for each day of school that week) So if they buy the junk food lunch which costs more, they end up with no money. Now, my oldest will occasionally skip lunch (Like before homecoming when he had to buy his girlfriend a mum - mums are a southern thing, big in texas) I figure he is old enough that if he wants to be hungry that's fine. He did manage to save up and buy himself a bass so he can join the jazz band at school. (I do pay the rental on the tuba that the school assigned him, but bass was an extra thing) he also had to first practice guitar daily for six months to prove to me that he would play the bass. We also do lessons on interest and we talked about credit cards and interest. I made him do the math and he realized what a rip off they are and how sneaky they are. When my younger ones get older they too will get allowence as a way to learn how to manage money, until they are old enough for jobs. When they are old enough to get a job, we cut the allowence off.
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