how much allowance /pocket money 11 yr old

[pandora987]

How much pocket money does your 11 year old get? We're thinking of an allowance that she then buys her own stuff out of (excluding school uniform/subs for clubs) Does anyone else do this? How much? does it work? can they earn extra ? do you deduct for bad behaviour?

[seventiesgirl]

I got my family allowance at this age though god only knows what the equivalent cost of that was these days...

[TeenAndTween]

My 10yr old gets £3 per week to send on frivolities.

My 15y old started with monthly payments around the time she went to secondary, started at £15, now £25. But she doesn't pay for clothes from this (or much else). Pays for phone, and bits of entertainment. Doesn't pay for school meals, clothes, subs etc.

I think 11 is (far) too young to be budgeting for clothes.

At 11 she could

• pay for xmas / b-day presents
• pay for entertainment when out without you (does that happen yet?)
• pay for PAYG phone
• pay for fripperies (mgazines, hairbands, smelly things, CDs)

If she can do that you could then up the amount to include some other stuff.

[Dancergirl]

My dd is 11, Year 7.

She gets £10 per month paid directly into her Lloyds account, she has a debit/cashpoint card with the account.

We also pay for her phone and school/toiletry essentials.

[basildonbond]

Ddog's (just turned 12) gets £5 per week paid into her account and she has a cash card so she can access her money

She's expected to pay for small presents, bits and pieces for riding, books, accessories etc but not clothes, bigger stuff, phone etc

[Starfishiecloverhv]

Dear stepdaughter is 12 and gets 25 pounds a month. This isn't to cover clothes, extra curricular activities etc. She generally buys magazines and kindle books as well as costume jewellery and hair accessories.

[losthermind]

DD 11 gets £10 a week, she spends it as she chooses
It gets handed to her Friday, usually gone by Saturday
So she swindles a pound for the shops on the way to school
So really its £15

[jimijack]

£5 per week but he h as set jobs to do to earn this.
(On top of expected jobs for no pay)

If he misses these.things or I have to nag, he gets nowt.

I'm harsh apparently.

[BackforGood]

Once in secondary school, mine got the same amount of £ per month, as their age - so £11 a month at aged 11.
Yes it worked.
No they don't generally earn extra.
No we don't relate it to chores or behaviour or anything.

[calzone]

Same here Back.

Ds 12y gets £12 per month
Ds 9y gets £9 per month

Extra for jobs
Extra for teeth!!

[Chumhum]

£5 per week, yes they can earn more in return for doing a job but it's not related to behaviour. We pay for their phones, clothes, essentials. My 13 and 15 year olds get the same.