Should kids have to pay rent or board when living with parents?

**vifferman** · 19th January 2010, 15:06

Originally Posted by Tank

My kids free whilst in education - then charged after that. Boy at home pays $100 per week and then has jobs on top of that.

When Daughter was at home and not working she had to do a lot of work in order to cover her 'share' - as she had no income but still had to 'earn her way'

A good lesson for both kids and glad to say both turning out to be bloody good kids.

Same, except the MutantTroglodyteSpawn pay only $50/week board, and the one that has no income doesn't "do a lot of work in order to cover his share".
We're only about $600-$800 per month out of pocket...

When my mother-in-law left school, she had to give ALL of her pay to her parents, AND do the cooking and cleaning. She got a small allowance for incidentals.

**The Baron** · 19th January 2010, 15:07

My boys all paid board. Our rule has always been 20% of take home pay. Plus normal chores. After all its not a hotel.

They are all out on there own now. Yip pee...

**Tank** · 19th January 2010, 15:14

Originally Posted by Dean

This is stupid, all of these are parents what do you think they would vote farken hell. Just looking for an excuse to put up a thread arent ya.

Fail thread.

So whats your argument against it? (against paying your fair share of rent I mean)

**Mully** · 19th January 2010, 15:14

Originally Posted by Dean

This is stupid, all of these are parents what do you think they would vote farken hell. Just looking for an excuse to put up a thread arent ya.

Is that another question? You don't have to pay for question marks, you know...

Fail thread.

Not all all. Yet another Deanfail.

OK then, "parents" who are voting - what happened when you were the kid?

Do you, subsequently, agree that it was the best thing for you or it sucked massive piles of arse and you shouldn't have had to pay anything? (Can't be arsed putting another poll - maybe Dean will do the honours)

**Dave Lobster** · 19th January 2010, 15:16

Originally Posted by cmoore

my son pays board to teach him what good parents we are and how much he has cost us over the years......my question is....if his girlfreind stays over...can i charge her as well??

If she's hot, she could pay in 'kind', surely??

**Dean** · 19th January 2010, 15:19

Originally Posted by Mully

Is that another question? You don't have to pay for question marks, you know...

Not all all. Yet another Deanfail.

OK then, "parents" who are voting - what happened when you were the kid?

Do you, subsequently, agree that it was the best thing for you or it sucked massive piles of arse and you shouldn't have had to pay anything? (Can't be arsed putting another poll - maybe Dean will do the honours)

What im trying to kindly say is to put up a poll its got to be non biast, your target audience is adults who in their day did it because its almost tradition it was the birth of board.
I always get the speech 'in my day we payed board, everyone did'.
Simply put I would like to hear opinions of more younger modern teens who arent so frequent on this site because im not the best character to take sides with on here, or so Im told.

**phred** · 19th January 2010, 15:20

Absodefinately. TINSTAAFL

Kids need to know MUM and Dad drag their arses out of bed to keep a roof over their heads and unless the tooth fairy blesses the kids with fairy dust then they gonna have to do the same.

Its all about accountability and responsibility and being a fit memeber of society.

Strikes me there's too many soft cock parents these days that want to be loved rather than respected that is contributing to the fall of civilisation.

And for those that care we raised 6 of the buggers.

**Dave Lobster** · 19th January 2010, 15:21

Originally Posted by Dean

Simply put I would like to hear opinions of more younger modern teens who arent so frequent on this site because im not the best character to take sides with on here, or so Im told.

Put your poll on Bebo or a 'chat' site then.

Not one frequented by (mostly) adults.

**Tank** · 19th January 2010, 15:22

Originally Posted by Dean

I always get the speech 'in my day we payed board, everyone did'.

You miss the part when they tell you "WHY" - but its a wasted because you only want to hear what you want to.

Whats YOUR reason for thinking you should not pay board to your parents?

**Tank** · 19th January 2010, 15:23

Originally Posted by Dave Lobster

Put your poll on Bebo or a 'chat' site then.

Not one frequented by (mostly) adults.

They are frequented alright - I just put my age as 15.

**wbks** · 19th January 2010, 15:28

Originally Posted by Dean

Simply put I would like to hear opinions of more younger modern teens who arent so frequent on this site

Once again, I gave you my opinion as a "younger modern teen" who frequents this site, but you dismissed it because it wasn't what you want to hear. There's no point in asking questions with (in your mind) only one obvious answer, and only accepting viewpoints in line with yours as correct might be why you seem to have so much trouble with people...

**Dean** · 19th January 2010, 15:30

Originally Posted by phred

Kids need to know MUM and Dad drag their arses out of bed to keep a roof over their heads and unless the tooth fairy blesses the kids with fairy dust then they gonna have to do the same.
.

Speaking as a Teen, im sorry this whole time we thought Santa brings you all the money and that when you are gone for 8 or so hours a day you are in the North pole talking to the elves.

**Dean** · 19th January 2010, 15:31

Originally Posted by wbks

Once again, I gave you my opinion as a "younger modern teen" who frequents this site, but you dismissed it because it wasn't what you want to hear. There's no point in asking questions with (in your mind) only one obvious answer, and only accepting viewpoints in line with yours as correct might be why you seem to have so much trouble with people...

No because you frequent this site, and you and I both know we have had some arguements that got too out of hand on here.

Im looking for the teens that never really speak on here, the ones that havent come in contact with me on this site.

**Tank** · 19th January 2010, 15:33

I know you didnt want to be the next skidmark.

Good news / Bad news. Good News: It appears that there is no way you could be the next skidmark Bad News: its because you dont even have his level of intellegence.

**wickle** · 19th January 2010, 15:36

Originally Posted by cmoore

my son pays board to teach him what good parents we are and how much he has cost us over the years......my question is....if his girlfreind stays over...can i charge her as well??

How often is she staying over- too often time then their got their own place>