I raised my progeny the same way and now, it's the next generation, of my family, being raised that way too.
Too bad that this is no longer the "norm".
I had my first Paper Route when I was nine or ten. Did that for a couple of years but it started to affect me getting my Homework done.
I always did something to make a buck. One day my best friend tells me that he gets a weekly allowance, so I go to my Dad and ask him for an Allowance. (up to that point if I needed money I had to ask and be very specific on who, what, where and why).
My Dad proceeds to look up at the ceiling. I ask him what he is looking at. He says, the roof over your head. LOL
He then tells me if I want an “allowance”, I will have to work for it, so he got me up at 6:30 on Saturday morning to go to work at his Gas Station.
I was there 15 hours every other Saturday, from opening until closing. (Child Labor Laws?, HAHAHA). I think he paid me a buck an hour.
Did that for a couple of years. He wanted me there EVERY Saturday, but my Mother talked him in to letting me have a Life. LOL
I have to admit it was kinda fun, even if he was the Boss from hell. Mopping the Lube Bay was soooo much fun.