Deciding whether to compensate children for household chores is a common dilemma for parents. On one hand, offering money for ...

Paying for chores also becomes a knotty subject. It may be better not to compensate a child for making her bed because she should be doing that for free as a functioning, caring member of the ...

I used to try to take care of everything in my household, but eventually, something had to give. We started asking our three kids — ages 14, 11, and 5 — to start pitching in with chores. We don't pay ...

Q. My husband and I disagree over paying children for chores. He feels that just as we get paid for doing our jobs, children should be paid for doing theirs. I say their chores are a family obligation ...