... and wouldn't expect their parents to contribute a penny towards their living expenses from the stroke of midnight on their 18th birthday.
But here in the real world, there are 18 year olds going off to university with very little or no savings. And with loans that barely cover their accommodation. And who will probably not be able to find a well paid job within a week of arriving in a new town and living away from home for the first time.
For those of us with pathetic, dependent, useless teenagers like this- what is a reasonable amount of money to give them to cover sensible expenses and have a bit over for fun?
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Right. Now we all know that all mumsnet children have been working down the mine since they were 6....
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Hakluyt · 19/08/2014 07:34
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