Adult Kids - Do/Should They Still Pay Board?

[E_Kids]

I have two children that work full time and pay board.....one of the reasons that they pay is DH and I was to instil in our children that nothing in life is for free and you do have to work hard for things that you want.

They have a bedroom each of their own also.

I have cousins that have children also and when their children where younger and living at home they charged there children board when they began working.The parents where pritty well off and didn't need the money so they decided to open a bank account in the kids names and put the board in the account for when the decided to leave home they had the money there to get them started.

[ss_storm]

My older brother will be 24 this year and still lives at home. He works as a farmhand for my parents and mum takes money for board out of his wages each week.

I think if they are working then it is fair enough they help contribute to the household they are living in, even if it's only $50 or $100 each week it's still a financial contribution and sets them up for their future responsibilities when they do eventually move out of home (although in my brother's case I don't think he'll ever leave )

[Rouge]

We plan to make our kids pay board, and then invest it for them to give them later in life for a house

[fionas]

Thanks everyone - maybe I'm not as old-fashioned as I'd thought!