Pocket money jobs for 7 year old?

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DS1 has been asking for pocket money which is new ground for us. Would like him to have a couple of small jobs to earn it though. He already makes his bed and tidies his toys, and I don't want to pay him for doing this, as I think he should just do this IYKWIM. Any other ideas? We tried cleaning shoes, but he found it a bit difficult. Washing the car is out because of the hosepipe ban!

Also what is the going weekly rate for 7 year old pocket money?

How about taking out the wheelie-bins and being responsible for sorting the recycling? Most 7 year-olds I know are mini eco-warriors and, let's face it, it's a crappy job :) (£2/week in this house BTW)

ooh - wheelie bins is a good one. Will do that. Recycling doesn't need sorting here, we have a fab recycling system where it all gets put (unsorted!) in one large wheelie bin.

I was also thinking £2 per week.

Thanks cogito

Any more ideas? I'm thinking two jobs a week really?

sorting the laundry?
DD1 (7) likes to, put a load on. She has asked for it but I am still undecided, because I also have a 2 yo, if she was an only or the youngest I would let her.
She also likes dusting, hoovering and cleaning the balcony (supervised of course).
She doesn't get paid for it though..

Running the hoover through can be a fun job for kids I think. They might not do a perfect job, but will probably get you half way there. Maybe help to lay the table or clear the table after a meal? Wipe down some surfaces?

Sorting the laundry is good - don't want boys who can't do their own washing!

I also have the younger child problem DS2 is 5, I was just going to tell him that he will get pocket money when he is 7. This happens with quite a lot of things, so he is used to the idea.

The 'kind of' clear the table, but maybe DS2 could lay and clear the table (properly)

Thanks for the ideas!

The six year old I look after washes my car every week for 3?. She does a really good job with a bucket and sponge, apart from not being able to reach the roof!

She's saving hard for a Lego set she has her eye on.

Ds gets £3pw for bringing down and sorting the washing. He also folds it and helps put away. He gets an extra £2 for dusting and polishing shoes etc. I've just noticed that the skirting boards need doing, so he can do those too.

child labour

Ds gets £3pw for bringing down and sorting the washing. He also folds it and helps put away. He gets an extra £2 for dusting and polishing shoes etc. I've just noticed that the skirting boards need doing, so he can do those too.

child labour

weeding. penny a dandelion flower.
Washing the car with a bucket and sponge.
dusting.
sorting washing
putting own clean washing away( tho I expect this to be done and would not pay for it.)

DS is 6, he gets 15p a week unless he's been super helpfull when he gets 20p.
His main extra earner is the dandelions. He thinks washing the car is treat for him, so I'm not going to pay for it, besides he's not very good at it.

I used to get 50p for polishing the stair case, (took over an hour) so probably the equivalent would be £2, or really just enough to buy a good sweet mix.

Mine get 10p per week, per year of age, until they get to secondary when it becomes £1 per month per year of age.

So a 7 yr old would get 70p per week.

Mine have never been directly linked to pocket money as I feel very strongly that everyone who lives in a house should contribute in whatever way they can.
At that age they were doing :
(a selection of, not all jobs on same day )
laying the table
clearing the table
loading the dishwasher
unloading the dishwasher
getting a drink for everyone to have with their meal
all expected to put away own clothes back from wash
expected to get own things ready for the next day (extra PE kit or music or whatever)
Doing 'occasional jobs' when asked - might be drying up a few things and putting away, or might be making a cup of tea, or might be nipping upstairs and bringing down....., or might be helping putting the shopping away.

If you want to have specific jobs they can choose to do to 'earn' an amount, then I'd have thought
vacuuming a room
sweeping (kitchen? patio ?)
Give them some baby wipes or surface wipes and get them to clean all the skirting boards and doors (if you have painted internal doors)
Mine love getting the glass polish and doing the mirrors and glass bits on doors in the house - depends though if it's about them thinking they are doing something to earm their money, or if you are houseproud enough to want it done properly

Watering the potplants
Feeding the dog
Drying dishes
Washing car or cleaning inside of car (babywipe dashboard etc?).

Depends really! When I was 9, my list of chores looked like this:

Feed animals (we had a farm, so it was shovels and buckets worth of feed)
Muck out
Wash dishes
Make beds (inc parents bed)
Dust rooms
Chop wood (WTF?)
Light fire
Make lunch (and evening meal too once aged 12)

Did this every bloody day and got no money at all. Also barrowed topsoil around large garden (3 tons delivered every week for what felt like eternity), picked fruit, made hay, raked leaves and mended stone walls and fences.

I'm now a workaholic (and a bit resentful of a slave labour childhood!)

When DD gets old enough, I'm thinking of not paying for the chores that are related to her directly (ie putting her toys/washing away etc) and paying between 5p and 20p per chore for stuff like clearing table, dusting a room etc.

Dunno if that's fair though. My DH and siblings never did chores and they got all the money in the world rammed up their arses too and it made them all a bit entitled, if you know what I mean.

Middle ground is where I'm aiming.