Should pocket money be given to children with no strings attached?

Tom Elliott said the idea is ‘counter-intuitive’.

But parenting expert Maggie Dent said kids shouldn’t be bribed into doing chores.

‘(Children) need to do these things around home because that’s what we do as a family, it’s the right thing to do,’ Ms Dent said.

But she said increasing the workload can be a good idea when a child’s demands start to increase.

LISTEN: The full discussion regarding children working for pocket money