My kids don't get an allowance. They send me invoices.

@nickjayala

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Why it worked

The video uses a relatable and humorous premise about parenting and finances to engage viewers. The unconventional approach to allowances and the speaker's confident delivery likely contributed to its shareability.

Summary

The speaker explains their approach to parenting and finances, stating that their children do not receive allowances but instead submit invoices for tasks or ideas. This method aims to teach children the value of work, negotiation, and contributing to the household.

Structure

1Kids don't get allowance, they send invoices.
2Chores don't pay, but learning and ideas do.
3Allowance teaches kids money appears automatically.
4The speaker's method teaches negotiation and value.
5Children learn to submit bills for their contributions.

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Original caption

My kids don't get an allowance. They send me invoices. Chores don't pay in my house, that's just family. But reading pays, doing something scary pays, and a real idea pays best of all. Allowance teaches kids money shows up because they exist. That's employee training at seven years old. #parenting #money #kids

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Transcript

My kids don't get an allowance. They send me invoices. They send me invoices. And upset explain how it works in my house. Chores don't pay. Nobody pays me to do the dishes. You live here. You help. That's family. But my kids do get paid for other things. If you read a book and sit with me, what you took from that book, if it pays. If you do something that scares you, that pays. If you bring me or my mom an idea where it helps and what it costs, that pays. Because here's what I realized about allowance. It teaches a kid that money shows up on Friday because they exist. That's employee training at seven years old. Nobody teaches kids that money follows that you get paid something for somebody else. So my wife and I flipped it. My kids negotiate. They're learning to ask for more and back it up. My daughter, she countered me last month and she was right. So I paid. I'm not raising kids who wait to be paid. I'm raising kids who send the bill.