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Yes - we got our age in $ (not tied to chores. We did chores because we were responsible members of the family and it was expected). We had to save at least half (but we usually saved more). I thought it was a great system!

Nope, no allowance. I had no savings set up for me either.

Yes, I got an allowance that was $1-$3 in the elementary school years and then ages 10 thru 16 it was tied to my age. It was somewhat depending on chores but I wasn't very good about doing them but my parents would still give me my allowance if I did most of them. They would also, rarely, offer me special jobs for extra money, like washing the car, raking the leaves, or other specific yard work.

I wish my allowance had been a little bit bigger so that my parents coukd reinforce the idea of saving. I blew my allowance every single week on the movies, clothes, and makeup. I didn't really save any money until my early teen years, and that was completely initiated by myself, by my own choice.

No allowance. I was expected to do chores around the house and watch my brothers. If I needed something my parents bought it but money was pretty tight so not a lot of extras.

We got between $1-5 a week depending on age and were required to give 10% to church and 10-50% to savings and could keep the rest. We had regular chores and could earn extra money for extra chores.

I definitely won't tie chores to an allowance for my kids - to me they are very separate. You do chores because you belong to a family, and you receive an allowance to learn how to manage $.

Yes, I think they gave me $5 a week in middle school and $20 a week in HS. $10 of it was for lunch for school and the other $10 I could spend as I pleased. Usually it was on a movie and lunch at the mall on the weekends

The only time we ever did was when my Mom was pregnant and recovering from the birth of my little brother (he was an oops when I was 6 years old - they thought they were done!). My siblings and I were paid to help out with extra chores and cleaning beyond our normal chores. Other than that, we never had one.

My DH had one since age 4, and we don't really agree on how to implement one for LO yet. I struggle with the idea of giving money for things you are expected to do - chores, do homework, etc. We're still working on it.

I got 50 cents a week. My mom would always tell me how much it was because she only got a dime as a kid. Then at some point my grandma explained inflation to me and how much more you could buy with the same amount of money when my mom was a kid, and I definitely felt ripped off!

My parents did it to try to teach us savings habits, and made us put it in a piggy bank and save it for a college. At 50 cents a week, you can imagine that this made a huge dent in the college bill by the time that came around

Nope. I got paid now and then if i helped with something big but never got a regular allowance.

DH didn't get an allowance either so I doubt we'll do it for our kids. DH and I are big savers with money so I don't feel like allowances are that necessary for learning good habits.

No allowance, because chores were an expectation as part of a member of the house, not something we earned money for. My parents would buy us what we needed and toys, etc for birthdays and holidays. We were allowed to spend birthday money as we wanted, and we'd occasionally get some spending money if we went to the movies or the mall, etc. Once we were old enough to babysit/get a job, then we could save or spend that money as we saw fit. But if we spent it, and then we later wanted something, my mom had no issue saying no, because we had chosen to spend our earned money elsewhere.

We're not going to do an allowance, but I do like the idea of teaching DD how to save. Maybe earn stickers on a rewards chart, or something, I'm not sure. But she's going to wipe down the toilet because we all help take care of the house we live in, not because she wants a toy.

Yes $40 a month: $10 to save, $10 to give away to a charity of our choice, and $20 to spend.

No, I never got an allowance. I tried to lobby for one, but my parents were firm. I had chores to do (primarily drying the dishes, which i hated) but I was never paid for them.

I know a lot of people say that having an allowance helps to teach the basics of money and budgeting, but I did just fine without one. I learned about money management from my father via his change bowl, my plastic piggy bank and a passbook (haha, so dating myself in this post).