Many children don’t like doing chores (家务), and neither do an American mother Sarah’s three kids. Luckily, this mother Sarah has a good idea. In her family, the children have to ask 【小题1】 “jobs” at home to get paid.

Sarah first got the idea during a shopping trip with her children. She gave each of them a few dollars to buy their favourite things. She was 【小题2】 to find that her children became careful about their spending. After that, she often employs (雇用) her children to buy their favourite things with 【小题3】 own money. Every day her kids came 【小题4】 from school to ask for jobs. If they wanted the job and the pay, they needed to know 【小题5】 to do it. So Sarah often teaches them how to do housework better. As a result, they also learn skills from the daily 【小题6】.

Sarah is successful, because all of her children are now used to (习惯于) doing the housework. 【小题7】, not everyone is a fan of Sarah’s story. Some say that children should do housework with no pay. But Sarah continues to do so. Not only does Sarah teach her children the 【小题8】 of hard work, but she makes them have fun while working!

In China, very few children make pocket money. However, in western counties, most kids make pocket money by themselves in many different 【小题1】hen kids are very young, they may help parents 【小题2】 housework to make money at home. When they reach sixteen, they can do part-time jobs in 【小题3】free time.

There are many advantages of making pocket money. First of all, they learn the value of money by 【小题4】 hard. Second, they learn to manage money to buy things they need or want, such as books. movies and clothes they like. Third, they learn to deal with the daily life problems when they help others. Making pocket money is 【小题5】for children. That is why parents encourage their kids to earn（挣得）pocket t money.