https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:52:59 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/starting-allowance-when-and-how-much#post-2686570 Wed, 25 Jan 2017 15:06:53 +0000 SugarplumsMom 2686570@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: Quarters sounds like a good idea! Someone on here recommended a book about 3 jars for allowance. I haven't read it yet, but plan to. </p> <p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Opposite-Spoiled-Raising-Grounded-Generous-ebook/dp/B00KAC65PW/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&#038;qid=&#038;sr=" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Opposite-Spoiled-Raising-Grounded-Generous-ebook/dp/B00KAC65PW/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&#038;qid=&#038;sr=</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/starting-allowance-when-and-how-much#post-2685690 Tue, 24 Jan 2017 11:05:50 +0000 hellobeeboston 2685690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SugarplumsMom: We will probably start an allowance around age 5 too - in a year.... At this point I feel like quarters would work....he likes to use quarters to ride the merry-go-round and other mechanical 'rides' at the mall &amp; grocery store so quarters hold an actual, useful value for him... I will probably do 4 quarters for some small chores during the week, and maybe one or two bigger things on the weekends... And I'm thinking when we start we may do something like a multi-option piggy bank to "USE" "SAVE" "DONATE". Then we'll be sure to show him how that money saved in different ways, works. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/starting-allowance-when-and-how-much#post-2685501 Mon, 23 Jan 2017 23:01:48 +0000 SugarplumsMom 2685501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD will be turning 5 this year and I'm thinking about giving her an allowance. She's been increasingly interested about money, although she doesn't quite know her numbers. But there's still a few months until her birthday, so we have a little while to work on it.</p> <p>For those of you who are planning to give allowance, when did you start and how much?</p> <p>Thanks! </p>