Is it fair to receive salary from MOM?

Well, in the world of employment, if a person works for someone, then he or she is entitled to a remuneration may be in the form of commissions, bonuses, or salary. If a young man or woman will work in the business or company of her mother, then there is nothing bad about receiving a salary from their mother. But if they are not doing anything and expect a salary, that is another story.

hi zandi458 Well most moms don't have that kind of money
but stll its her business and she is giving them money
for managing her property. I suppose in a way children
could halp their parents without being paid but I think
in your mom's case she is actually paying them wages for
work they are doing for her.

Wow that is a lot of money that she is paying her own childern to help her. It sounds to me like that they would help their own mother out for free or at least not as much money.To me it sounds a little selfish. After all she did raise them as children.

If it is a proper business and proper work then yes they should get paid and be lucky they can work in the family business instead of joining the queue for work.The only time is if they are not doing a proper job bearing in mind if they let her down she will sack them.That is a lot of pressure.After all you will all benefit in the end and it is better than letting the business be run by complete strangers who might diddle you out of your inheritance and your mother out of her business.It is a childs duty to make sure your mother is looked after in illhealth and her house be kept nice for her.Business is business and why should they work for nothing could you afford to.

Parents often do this as a way to teach kids how to earn money. And as kids going to school, how else are they going to earn money? If kids work around the house and the parent "pays" them (mine paid me $15 a week), this teaches the kids a glimpse of what it is to work for money, and earn money. As for kids, we didn't choose to be born, our parents choose to have us, thus it's their responsibility to raise us, and that includes teaching us how to use money responsibly.

A child gets from the parents as a child,,,,,,, eg love,education,,clothes,,accommodation,, and whatever when they are a child,,But we all feel that as they grow up,,they look for their own comfort according to the abilities(decided by the spouse as well If married),,as far as possible a child can help the parents,, in such cases,as this,, and not look forward to getting emoluments(unless there is a severe need,,, but in these days,, NAH,, let the education received work for them

Children should help their parents without expecting anything in return. What your mom is doing may not really be about working for the money. Not knowing what your tax structure is, she might be doing it for tax reasons. Assuming that all profit are taxed, in dispersing it to your siblings who are helping her, she's avoiding paying taxes on that money. The other possibility is that if she's financially secure, she just wants to see her children enjoy the money while she's alive and not all after she's gone. All of my grandparents dispersed a significant portion of their assets for that reason.

Well yes we should help our parents as much as we can without expecting payment in return, but if they are going to be doing actual work for her managing her properties of which she earns money then that is valid, they will be doing actual work which means they should draw a salary. But they should not take or accept money for doing things for your mom that are just under the title of general care, but actual work yes, their time is worth something, as long as they don't have their hand out every little time they do something for her.

Yes, I think we should support our parents. But as others have said, if they are working for her in that way then fair enough. If she is still sharp of mind, I guess she knows what she is doing.

If you don't mind me saying, does the fact that it is three of your siblings, but not you, come into your reasons for questioning it at all? Or is it just accepted that these are the family members who take this role?

I think respect to your mother is not in contradiction with receiving a salary if you deserve it. I else think that a good mother can be a good boss and that, as a son you have then, the obligation to be as good as you can be doing your daily work.