Kids are not even subjected to the “pain” of working a job. Most don’t even attempt it until they are 16-18. I had two jobs before I was 10 years old, then household chore. One was a paper route, weekends at 3 am, the other was putting bottle returns back in the wood crates for which I got $.10 a case. Actually, 3 jobs, because we used to ride the bus to the strawberry fields, and when in season the beans. It was a blast, but kids today are not even allowed.
Same setup here. I always had chores and jobs to do. I was mowing lawns and doing whatever else I could do to earn money like sweepimg driveways, rakng leaves, weeding lowerbeds when I was around 11 or so. We didn't get allowances. If I wanted to buy something I had to earn it myself. Occasionally my mom or dad would buy me something that I wanted but it was usually only if I had worked on special projects around the house like helping paint the house or redoing a flowerbed.