Tessa gets a monthly allowance. Right now it is $5. Next year it will be $6. She helps with housework, and I don't feel that she needs more than that. But I want her to start learning to manage money. She is saving half of it right now a month to buy a carebear she wants... Of course since that is what her sister is getting her for Christmas it will be interesting to see what she decides to do with it than..