Salt Lake Telegram | 1947-04-19 | Page 6 | Your Baby and Mine

YOUR BABY OY AND MINE MINENo No Pay P ay 1 r Given For Task By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED Yesterday we ve mentioned the inadvisability of g giving ving money to a child for performing home tasks Yet this t always seems such a natural thin thing g gJ to to do Why not f J B Because cause by so ISO doing the parent parent parent par par- ent 1 implies m pile s fir that the task Is disagreeable and demands a a reward for Its performa n nee c e eI e. e If I you'll wash s the dish dishes e s svery every very night this thIs' week week- Ill I'll gIve you SOc M MYRTLE ELDRED Such h attitude is Js not fair laIr to the child chUd or to the work And certainly it Is Js not fair to the allowance which should should be a a regular sum I given regularly The p point Is that they should work to develop responsibility responsibility responsibility and they s should get money In m order to learn How liow to manage manage manage man man- age it The amount of ot work to be asked of the child should be commensurate with his ability and the time he has to s spare are Children d n work ork when they are arel l in school and need some recreation recreation a tion when they are out of school Setting them to work the moment they are free gives them no opportunity to act upon own initiative Money sho should ld be given according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to the childs child's age and needs An allowance depends on what the family can spare If the child needs more money and andIs Is c capable pable of earning It it that is his privilege But as a member of the family money to spend to save and to invest should be part of ot his experiences and nd his privileges Our leaflet No 76 Allowances for Children may be had by sending a stamped self ad dressed envelope to Myrtle Meyer Eldred in care c re of the Salt Lake Telegram