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Originally Posted by Charlatan
At home, I have started giving my kid an allowance. This allowance is in no way tied to his chores (clearing the dishes, walking the dog, etc.). His chores are just what he does as part of the family that lives in our house. Why would I pay him for that?
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When I pointed this exact thing out to my daughter, she brought up the 13th Amendment; "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
Whereby, I pointed out that even though the law also said that I had to feed her, it said
nothing of having to keep a box of "Nutty Bars" in the cabinet.