What do your 14/15 yo do at home/for you to earn pocket money?

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We don't want to just give money, want them to earn it.

What does your 14/15 year old do for you or around the house to earn money? That is not just general tidying up etc?

Nothing. I don’t link housework to being paid. Adults don’t get paid or rewarded for doing housework. We do it because we live together and it is a necessity. The same for my DC, they had chores because they lived here and were part of the family. It is expected and if not done, consequences happen. Paying children for housework is just bribing them for behaviour they should be doing anyway.

They did get pocket money but the purpose of doing that is to educate them into being financially literate and responsible. You can’t teach that by show and tell alone. You have to give them a bit of their own money that they can then use and learn with.

Cook a meal for lunch or dinner
Sweep driveway
Wash car and windows
Put grocery shopping away.
Play with younger siblings.
Walk the dog

Hoover, wash up, pop to the shops when I didn’t feel like it, mow the lawn, hang out laundry. Make coffee when asked. Homework done well.
I gave them a set amount, expected them to be reasonable people and it worked out.

Each to their own, but I don't believe in giving pocket money for chores. Housework doesn't earn me money. I think kids should do it because it's contributing to being part of the household and it's training for looking after their own house one day. My dc get pocket money with no strings attached, because we are financially responsible for them until they're old enough to earn money through employment.

I don't link general housework to pocket money.
There are tasks we all must do as part of the family.
I might consider paying for something like painting, but we've just spent months in lockdown so more 'normal' domestic tasks than usual.

Again we don't link money to chores. They clear up after meals, set table, produce washing, put away washing, walk dog, are in charge of bedroom cleaning (or not) ,Hoover sometimes, cook once a week.

We expect DS to do his fair share of chores unpaid, just like DH and I do. We give him an allowance and expect him to be able to budget with it. He's not very spendy but if he wanted more money than we give him then we'd expect him to look for way to earn it outside our home.

We don't link it to chores either, they are expected to just do them, same as us.

It's tricky because as others have said helping out is just part of family life.

However I appreciate that at that age they can't just go out and get a job easily either. So we pay them to do a few chores that we'd usually pay somebody to do. We've also given ours the chance to make extra money buy selling stuff on FB/EBay on our behalf then they keep the money, shopping around for cheaper insurance/utilities/household goods etc and giving them the saving. This is also good as this is stuff they'll have to do for themselves one day.

They don't get pocket money, it was either that or their extra curricular activities. As for housework, I do it as their job is their school work but they do little jobs when asked.

Another one here that doesn't link household chores to money, pitching in as part of the household is expected.

Pocket money is just given, but can be revoked for bad behaviour. If you want them to earn it tell them to get a paper round or pt job in a year or two.

DS doesn't do any specific chores to earn his pocket money, I just expect him to do anything I ask of him with minimal moaning! It isn't a huge amount, cooking dinner occasionally, putting a wash on/hanging washing out, walking the dog etc. All just stuff to chip in

Damn. This thread has just reminded me that I owe my youngest £10. I bribed him to clean my bike when it was particularly filthy a couple of weeks ago and I haven't paid up. Better do that in the morning.
Mine are 14 and 16. We don't pay them for general household chores either. They have regular chores and they get pocket money but they are not linked. Their general jobs include things like setting and clearing the table, putting groceries away, animal feeding, tidying their own rooms, putting the recycling out etc.
We do give them extra sometimes for doing additional things that are above and beyond their normal jobs. If they are saving up for something they sometimes ask if there is anything they can do to earn extra which I am happy with. The options for part time work are very limited here out in the sticks and friends that do have children who for instance wash up in cafes, spend a lot of time and fuel driving them to and from work, so I would rather be the "employer" at least until they can get there under their own steam.
Besides muddy bike cleaning, we've recently paid for helping DH paint the outside of the house, chopping and stacking a large pile of logs and digging the veg patches in the garden.

We don’t really give our teens a set amount of pocket money, just treat them regularly with either cash to spend or treats we buy.

They also just do chores because they need doing not to earn money.

They have some jobs which are ‘theirs’ such as putting the bins/recycling out and bringing it back in, loading the dishwasher after family meals and ensuring the garden is tidy and secure at night (they’re usually the last ones in it)

On Saturdays DS1 works so DS2 has the task of dusting between the bannisters and hoovering the living room.

They’re supposed to keep their rooms tidy too but we have differing ideas on what’s tidy.

Not linked to chores in our household. When I was a SAHM my access to spending money wasn't linked to how much housework I had got through in that particular week. I did housework because I was part of the family and i neetded doing. Allowance was set according to their age.

Not linked to chores here as everyone is expected to do stuff around the house. They all get monthly allowance which in many years has only twice been withheld for unreasonable behaviour by eldest.
We do pay extra for evening babysitting by one of the older ones if we're going out, (but not daytime if they're here anyway) and they also babysit for a lot of other families so rarely short of money.