Family traditions are hugely important pillars of our lives. What is interesting, however, is that we often become so entrenched in our familiar habits of interaction with our family that we don’t realize that not everyone practices those same habits. A custom that exemplifies this is allowance. While receiving an allowance may seem second nature to many, such a thing may not even occur to equally many students.
Read below to see whether students receive an allowance, whether they have to work for it, and whether they even want one in the first place.
“Back in like fifth grade my parents gave me an allowance. I would do chores, like take out the trash, put away the clothes, walk the dogs, and that. I still do chores, but now they gave me a debit card and they put money on there after like every month. I guess I would say that’s my allowance. I’d say it’s about $20 every month,” said sophomore Logan O’Neill. Photo by Tracy Lam.
“I don’t receive an allowance, and I never have. I don’t really [want to receive an allowance]. I’ve never really asked my parents because whenever I go out, they’re like, here’s five dollars. So they give me money when I need it, but I don’t really ask for it. I do do chores at home,” said junior Siomara Ponce. Photo by Tracy Lam.
“I do not receive an allowance. I did once, but I just got older and my parents stopped giving me an allowance. [The last time I received an allowance was] probably elementary school. I don’t ask my parents for an allowance anymore, but I do do chores at home,” said freshman Jonathan D’Ambrosio. Photo by Tracy Lam.
“I do not receive an allowance at all. I did when I was younger, but since my family’s income got lower I wasn’t allowed to receive one. When I did receive an allowance, I didn’t have to [work]; my parents just gave it to me. I probably won’t [get an allowance in the future] since I might get a job soon,” said sophomore Darlene Nguyen. Photo by Tracy Lam.
“I do not receive an allowance, but I would like to. I did back during the time when my mom worked for Coca-Cola, because she had a much higher pay rate back then. That was about three years ago. I still work and do chores at home,” said freshman John Lally. Photo by Tracy Lam.
“I don’t receive an allowance. I get lunch money and I can keep the change, but that’s about it. I would like to have an allowance, but my parents say that anything that I need I can just tell them and they’ll buy it for me, but we have different meanings for the word ‘need.’ I do chores at home, but just for the sake of helping them out. It’s not work or anything,” said sophomore Henry Nguyen. Photo by Tracy Lam.
