Pocket money for 15 year old

So I feel stingy with £13.50 a month for DS 14! But he doesn't really spend his own money tbh apart from occasional video game or a present for a friend. Stuff like his own haircuts, school lunches, special trips etc I pay for. If he started going out socially I guess I'd increase it a bit! But if he wanted to spend a lot more I'd expect him to get a job (once 16).

There are few jobs open to 15 yr olds. I had a Saturday job at that age but my DD has struggled to find anything - despite being older. Not every teen can get a job.

Meanwhile, back in the real world - cinemas don't hire 15 year olds, parents don't trust them to babysit and market stalls are all but non-existent in many parts of the country.

15 year olds should work for their money, I certainly did when I was that age. I worked on a market stall, at the cinema and did babysitting.

My teen a bit younger gets 150.00 a month but they have to pretty much get everything out of that.
apart from basic necessities.

Whoops sounds like my 9 & 10 year olds are probably getting too much pocket money.

He does also have a seasonal job doing holiday club entertainment but thats only Easter to September and brings him another £20 a week.

My almost 15 year old gets £10 per week, plus I pay for all club subs, bus fair (only £1 a journey here) which is probably another fiver a week, and his phone top up (£10) a month.

He spends it on going to McDonald's in town with his mates, aftershaves, occasional cinema trip, buys odd bits from vinted or tiktok shop.

I give £50 a month. I pay for phone, haircut and gym on top of that. I think his dad gives him money too.

There are no jobs.

£100 a month. Life is expensive, it doesn't go far. They pay for trains, food when out, clothes, make up, cinema. We also pay gym, phone, canteen on top. Expectation that they keep their room clean and tidy and are generally respectful around the house, but no specific jobs.

I don't give my 15-year-old any pocket money. I give her the odd treat money every now and then if shes doing something with her friends like going to the pictures. But if she really wants something, she can wait until her birthday or christmas.

She can earn her own money once she gets a job after she leaves school.

Sorry I didn't mean that to come across as I was having a pop at you.
Refereeing isn't a job I'd have thought of for a young person. But I am genuinely surprised that kids as young as 14 can do it.

I'd been thinking the Saturday jobs that many shops had in the 90s. So few shops operate like that and other young people jobs paperboy, milk round just aren't things any more.

I had friends at 16 / 17 who collected glasses in working mens clubs but those aren't as busy as they once were either.

Ahh i thought he was 13. OK 14. thanks

I used to give DD about £150 a month - included lunch money and school travel (although I generally paid for her bus pass as it wasn't expensive) she wasn't a spender and accumulated about £1000 which has gone to Uni with her.

Minimum age to be a referree in England is 14, Scotland 16.
I'm actually surprised England is as low as just 14

My DS was earning between £60 and £90 per week at the age of 13 onwards. By 16 he was on about £120 as he got paid more.

Its not very expensive or difficult to take a referee course and it gets them plenty of fresh air and exercise. Really good money too. Whilst his friends got jobs as pot washers etc he had 3 x the money for a few hours over a weekend. Purchased his own car before he even got to 17.

£30 a month for jobs. Almost never done though.

300 a term on extra curriculars.

Also small contribution because voluntary work supporting youngsters in one of the organisations she works with impacts on her ability to get a Saturday job.

She works long shifts at festivals from time to time and can make £300 in a long weekend.

@Needspaceforlego It started a couple of years ago with a rough calculation of £40 for clothes, £12 for hygiene/haircuts, £20 for pocket money, then when she was managing that well I added £20 for lunches. I don’t make her stick to those amounts, that’s more a guide. She manages to save some too, and seems to be good and buying and selling clothes on vinted, so it seems to be working well…she is motivated to manage it well.

My 15yo gets her child benefit, so £100pm. A trip to the cinema and a McDonalds is £20. I got a tenner a week in the 1990s!

@AnotherBrightSunrise I'm curious how you ended up at £92 per month?

Very few places are going to hire a 15 year old.

My nearly 15 year old gets £92 a month now, but that includes everything really: school lunches if she wants them (often takes packed lunch), pocket money, toiletries, haircuts, clothes (except school uniform), trips to cinema etc with friends, the odd train…I had a ‘budget’ like that throughout secondary school and felt like it was a good transition to moving out and uni. She still wants a job though, though not much round here till they’re nearer 17.

Mine is similar £20 per month plus money for lunches etc.
But £20 per month / £5 per week just doesn't seem a lot but at the same I'm not sure I want mine blowing £40 a month on junk.

Says who? If OP wants to support her child, she can.