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My father started giving me an allowance //when I
was in 5th grade...5 학년일때
my brother (3rd) and my sister (1st) got one as well.
I got three dollars, my brother two, and my sister one.
I don't remember //when I first started getting an
allowance,
but I do remember having one
동명사 목적을 쓴 이유는 과거에 한 일이기에 when I was in second grade, so
it had to be earlier /than that.
2 학년때 용돈 받은걸 기억하니 용돈 받기 시작한건 그 전일 것이다
It was $2 a week //until I was in eighth
grade, I think, when it suddenly shot up /to $20 a week.
일 주 20불로 치솟았다
That was...
odd. I'd suggest stepping it up gradually, whatever you set it at.
(When I was old enough to babysit, my parents also used to pay both me
and my younger brother //when they went out -- me for babysitting him, him
for behaving for me. 나는 애보는걸로 내 동생은 나한태 얌전히 구는걸로
That was $2/hr for each of us. That always
seemed /like a better deal /to me /than the allowance, but it does require a
kid old enough to leave home in charge.)
i'm 30.5 and I never had an allowance. As best
as I can remember, it was never discussed and we were expected to do the
chores //that my parents asked of us. (chores 집안일)
Spending money was doled out /on a
case by case basis and /by the clever keeping of change
동명사/주어 잔돈 갗기
when going to
store for bread/milk/etc. (dole out - administer or bestow, as in small portions)
I never got an allowance, but if I really needed
money/ for something my parents would help me out if they considered it a
reasonable expense.
s v o oc
I think () starting an allowance around 3rd grade is a
good idea if you use it /to teach the value of money. s v c
Don't make it a
handout - they should be responsible /for paying for some items,
v o oc =공짜로 주는것
and you
should teach them the value of saving/investing.
Chores are a great way to base an allowance.
명사 + 부정사구/형역
However, good grades can also be an extra source of income. I cheerfully would attempt to bankrupt my parents /through good grades, and a scholarship will pay off /a heck of a lot better /in the long run /than a bed with hospital corners. 명구나 부역
I very much dislike linking chores to money.
v o/ 동명사 동명사의 목
You
help clean up because you are a member of a family and not a savage, not
because you expect to get paid. Likewise behaving and doing well in
school. Honestly, my mom just gave me money //when I asked, as long as it
was reasonable. Then again, we didn't have much money when I was little,
and I did go /to travel camp, where I had a certain amount of money /for
lunch and games, so I learned responsibility and the worth of money (or
some anyway). I guess () it depends on which lessons you want to emphasize: I
prefer thinking () we do chores and share money because we are family. v o that 이하는 think 의 목
I never got an allowance, either. Spending money
on a case by case basis. So I don't have an answer /to that question.
But I did want to share what my dad did.
v o (to 부정사가 want 의 목이지만 자체 목도 가짐)
When I started making my own
money (from babysitting), he tried to encourage me to invest money.
부정사구/목
He
gave me the $250 minimum investment /in a mutual fund.
s v io do
We discussed
choices (I think he gave me three or four to choose from). To encourage
me to invest, he acted like a 401k - matching each dollar () I saved with
$.50,
*401K=은퇴연금 전구/matching 수식
because I was worried /about losing my money.
I'm almost thirty and I still have that mutual fund. It's got a healthy
balance in it.
I learned /about saving, investing, and had a connection /with my dad when we would check the balances.
What I liked about our allowance was knowing how much money I had.
s v o
My
best friend would have to ask her parents /for money //whenever she wanted
to do or buy anything. Our parents expected us to manage our money
ourselves (with help for special occasions, etc). For example, in high
school we could buy our own lunch /with our allowance or bring in lunch
/from home (which my parents wanted us to do anyway, but we did have the
choice). There was never anything () we couldn't spend our money on,
though we never really pushed that limit publicly.
Another important lesson /in money management //that seemed to fit in with
managing an allowance
주어/명사구
was occasionally looking /at bills /with my parents. Looking at how much a monthly telephone bill was, watching my father put his check in the bank and withdraw $100 (or whatever) and say () this is the grocery and spending money /for the week. And of course, the credit card lesson //which I credit for the fact that I am credit card debt free - looking at a post-Christmas credit card bill, being shown the monthly payment and having my father explain how much you would end up paying in interest if you only paid the monthly payment. (잘 쓴글도 아니니 분석도 않되네)
I'm in the "chores and grades shouldn't earn
allowance" camp.
형용사로 쓰인 절:나는 집안일 돕는것과 좋은 성적 받는것으로 용돈 받아서는 않된다하는 '편'에 선다
(Although, we do allow grandparents to send bonus
money /for straight A's.) I also am an opponent of tying allowance to
meals, for the reason () lullabyofbirdland stated.
We pay our fifth grader an allowance /twice a month (X years old gets X
dollars),
v io do
and it's to be used as pin money -- ice cream, impulse novelty
buys at Target, etc. She also has a savings account, which was started
to hold birthday and Christmas checks /from relatives.
pin money; small amounts of money for incidental expenses, as in Grandma usually
gives the children some pin money whenever she visits.
gloat; To feel or express great, often malicious, pleasure or
self-satisfaction: Don't gloat over your rival's misfortune
We sneakily inject our values, too: if the desired item is educational
or something //that we perceive /to have value, we make it far easier to
reach the savings goal.
가목 진목
And, we always pick up the tab for books, no
matter what, to encourage reading.
pick up the tab and pick up the check/bill; to pay the bill
My seven-year-old daughter has gotten a dollar
/per year of her age /per week //since she was in kindergarten, disbursed
every other week.
disbursed; to pay out, as from a fund; expend.
(So right now she gets $14 every other Saturday if she
doesn't have a lien against her for, say, losing glasses or a penalty
like sucking her thumb.) She can do whatever she wants with it, and she
managed to save a great deal of it so she could buy an American Girl
doll, so she's better /at budgeting /than I am.
If she helps in the family tasks (chores) she should take part /in the
family bounty (cash), but she's not paid directly for chores. (There's
no "dog walking is $2." It's usually "if we want a dog, the dog needs to
be walked.") '개 산책은 2 불' 이란건 없다 보통 '개를 원하면 산책시켜라' 는 있다
We wrote down all the chores //that needed to be done /in the
family and divided them up. So the kid isn't doing "it would be nice if
someone...", but rather she has responsibilities to help us upkeep the
house, the pets, etc. 그래서 아이가 '누군가 했으면 좋겠다' 하지않는다
With everything, though, we deal with it /in the family meeting and the
same rules apply /to all of us. So, although parents don't get allowance,
if we're behind /on our own chores
v c/형
or I get caught biting my nails,
there's equal opportunity /for punishment.
So, yeah, I've been locked out of screentime /for not doing the dishes and I've had to pay out $1 /to every member of the family /for swearing. (= A profanity is a word, expression!, gesture, or other social behavior which is socially constructed or interpreted as insulting, rude, vulgar, desecrating 쌍말)
My allowance was always my age in quarters. 내나이 숫자대로 25전 동전 받아
This was a long time ago,
so maybe double it now.
One important requirement was that I had to save some of my money, and
set aside some for charity. The rest I could spend.
o s v
I think at age 7 I
gave 50 cents a week to charity, saved 50 cents, and could spend 75. I
mostly saved the spending money until I afford barbies. The "saving"
money went in a bank account and my dad showed me the monthly statement
and taught me about interest.
I recommend basing it /on either age or grade,
depending on your economic situation. I believe in giving your child ballpark/ to what other children are getting, although that shouldn't be
the only factor. Stuff like working extra hard in school (not getting a
certain grade, just working hard) or doing something above and beyond
/around the house should warrant extra money.
Allowance should just cover extra things, no lunches and stuff they actually need.
Chores were separate /from allowance /for my sister
and me as well, when we were growing up. We didn't have a lot of
chores, but the ones we did, we did /as our contribution /to the family.
I think that was a good way to do it, and I'd do it the same way if I
had kids.
가정법; 애들이 있다면 똑같이 할겄이다
Allowance was a separate issue entirely. I don't remember
when we started getting allowances but I think it was around age 8-ish.
Our allowance was matched /to the grade () we were in,
형
so in fifth grade I
got $5/week, etc - usually paid out /in a lump sum /once a month. My
little sister felt this was monstrously unfair //since she would never
ever catch up to me /in allowances, but I thought () it was an excellent way
of doing things. (And it made up for the fact //that inflation had hit
the tooth fairy //since my tooth-losing years. $1.00 a tooth, that girl
was getting!)
I never got a particular allowance /until college.
Of course, I wasn't exactly a social butterfly, so I didn't go out
much. I would get the change /from whenever my mom sent me into a store
/to get milk or whatever, so I often had a small amount of cash /on hand. I
was never paid for chores or grades (although some of this was due to
my brother being a slacker /in all areas).
If I went to a tournament with
my team, I'd get about $30 /to cover my meals/other crap 가정법 (this only
applied if my dad wasn't going with me). My parents packed lunches/ for
me/ in elementary and middle school, but in high school, we had a PIN
that we used for lunches (our parents could put money into it whenever).
I didn't have a part time job because I was busy /with volleyball (and my
parents wanted me to focus more on my studies) but every once in a
while, I'd pick up a match or two at tournaments (anywhere from
$8-$30/match). If I needed cash /for something (wanted to go to the
movies/party at a friends house), I'd have to clear it /with my parents /
in advance and determine an amount to have them give me. I had a savings
account /from elementary school on (which was set up by the school and
even had student 'tellers' //who were supervised and we could deposit
amounts as little as 5 cents up to $20) and my dad also invested most of
my birthday/holiday checks /into stocks and made little graphs /for me /to
see what I was earning. 선물로 받은 수표
If I wanted my parents to get something /in particular (such as a cat), I
had to do all sorts of research /on caring /for the cat, expenses
associated /with the cat, as well /as creating a chore list //that I would
be responsible for. It seems like it might have sucked, but it certainly
helped my parents put a stop /to the whole "can I keep it?" thing.
In college, I couldn't work because I was sucking in the grades
department (but I did pick up referee-ing during the season, Jan-May) so
from my sophomore year on, I got $40/week to spend /on things like gas
(starting from junior year), food, booze (they didn't know),
clothes, etc.
However, I had to pay /for my credit card bill /on my own.
All expenses on my student ID had to be /for school (things from the
bookstore like textbooks and the occasional sweatshirt) and any
book/educational-related purchase /on my credit card would be paid for by
them.
I really wish () my parents had listened to me when I said "But all the
other kids have $X a week!" Their first reaction was disbelief, and the
second was the whole if-they-jumped-off-a-bridge routine.
형용사
I wish () they'd spoken /to other parents /to get an idea of the going rate. I'm not saying () they had to match or even come close, but if they had leveled with me -- "Okay, I know Jen gets $30, but we just can't afford that" -- I would have taken it way better. Understanding their position would've made me a lot more comfortable being the only one //who hasn't heard whatever cool new CD.
I got $2/week /from third grade on and it was tied
/ to extra curricular for me because those were the things// that I hated
doing the most. I got good grades and helped out /with the chores /on my
own, but spending time with other children of my own free will was what I
needed to be bribed to do.
s v c
If I quit band or skipped out /on my flute
lessons, this was fine, but I was docked $1 per week. Likewise, in the
spring, if I joined Little League, I could earn an extra dollar.
My parents got kind of creative, though, in that they didn't hand us
cash/ every week. Instead, we each had, essentially, a direct deposit
checking account /through the Bank of Mom & Dad.
There were 5
spreadsheet pages tacked /to the basement door, one for each of us, on
which all credits and debits were recorded. If I didn't write down
+$whatever for my allowance that week, I missed my chance and didn't get
the money added /to my "account." When I wanted cash /for something, I
asked my parents for it, usually mentioning how much money I had
available in my "account." We could go /a little bit into debt (without
any fees!), but that was of course at my parents' discretion.
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The allowance was contingent on us /making our beds daily and helping to clean on the weekends.
분사
However, the way () he had us spend our allowance was really clever. We had to save one third of it. He had us start savings accounts and gave us whatever small amount was needed
사역동사 수여동사 직목/의문사절
/to start the account. Periodically we'd all go to the bank and make deposits, and the amount in our account was our "college fund." We also put a third in the plate at church, and the the other third was ours. It taught us /about saving and charity and whatnot (=etc).
Periodically we got raises/ in our allowance //so I was making about ten bucks/ by high school. When we got jobs, the allowance stopped.
I plan on doing it this way //when I have kids.