As a matter of fact, I ALWAYS had "chores" to do, even when I came home from college, on vacations. No chores done, no allowance!
My father had me working at his business too, but at first for no money at all and later for almost nothing and THAT was combined with "jobs" I had, starting when I was a teen. Until I had my own apartment, after college, I had to hand over the salary, from outside jobs, to my mother, unless I was paying for prom stuff, books, and the like, which was all on me.
It's not as though my family needed my wee salaries and when I did move into my own apartment, my mother used my money, which she had saved for me,to pay for stuff involving that move...such as deposit, first month's rent, etc.!
It certainly taught me the value of a dollar ( not that I really needed such a lesson, because I was always a saver [ I did get to put some of my allowance into a bank account, from very early childhood on ]and never a big "spender" ) and it's stood me in good stead all of my life long.
I don't over spend, have never been in debt, don't buy what I can't afford, and never buy something I don't need/just to have another or the newest thing.
You won’t hear too many of today’s kids remembering stories like that.
We grew up in a different age, which really seems like we lived on a different planet compared to what’s happening nowadays.