Parents who believe in allowances for their children should consider making their children work for the money. One good 1. __for expecting children to work for extra spending money is that most families need the help. Both of my parents worked as I was growing up, so 2. ___ had a lot of extra time to keep the house running 3. ___. My brothers and sister and I were expected to wash dishes and clothes and clean the house, and if we expected an 4. ___, we did the work. Another point in favor of paying children for what they earn is the 5. __factors. Earned allowances can be a positive motivator for young people from six to at least sixteen, 6. ___ when they can buy whatever they want with the money. The most important reason for 7. ___ allowance to performance is that it gives children an early clear 8. ____ of the real world. People have to work and produce for a living, almost everyone. I am not talking about heavy house work here, just some regular 9. ___ chores that kids can reasonably expected to 10. ___ in any day, without take too much time from their schoolwork, or probably even their TV time.