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Dear Ann Landers,
didn't like your answer to "Crisis In Suburbia." A mother wanted to know if her sons were entitled to an increase in allowance because their father received a promotion and a pay raise. You said, "Yes, provided they take on extra chores and earn the increase." I am a grandfather who is appalled at what is happening to the younger genera-tion. I think it's disgraceful to pay children for doing what they should do. After all they are a part of the family, so why shouldn't they pitch in? Paying children for every little thing makes me sick. I say kids should help around the house be-cause they live in the house and eat and sleep there. That's reason enough.-Three Score And Ten

Dear Three Score,
Sorry, but the days are gone when you can give a kid a nickel and say, "Go have a good time." Children ought to have a little money to spend and to save. Most kids today get an allowance for tying up the bathroom and hogging the telephone. I'm in favor of teaching children the relationship between work and rewards. This can best be achieved by assigning specific chores and making it clear that the allowance is payment.



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