What do you ‘fund’ for your teenagers?

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Dd is 17. No job (has been trying to find one to be fair). At college full time mon-fri
Her allowance per week covers travel and either lunch or luxuries (£5 per day)
There is plenty of food if she wants to take a packed lunch but she likes to eat out so the money goes on lunch 9/10

We pay for her phone and we provide basic things at home such as basic toiletries that we all use, the bathroom cabinet is always well stocked with sanitary towels etc.
The thing is she thinks that things I’d consider luxuries to come out of her allowance are actually essentials and we should fund them. For example she has a skin conditions and uses a special skincare regime and wants us to pay for it as apparently it’s ‘medical and a necessity’
She wants us to buy her specific vitamins etc rather than her having the multivitamins we all have .....I could go on
I’m just wondering what other parents do as I just don’t know if I’m right or wrong

That's should have been £240 - £300 a month for 8/12 hours per week lol. Still a good wage for a teen I think. Bit neck just 're read my post and realised that didn't sound quite right lol.

£5 a day for coffee and lunch is ridiculous for a school pupil (or anyone really, unless you are an investment banker ). Do you spend £5 a day on coffee/lunch? I always take a packed lunch but maybe treat myself once a week to ‘buying lunch’. My teenage DS manages with £10 a week.
I suggest you give your DD a certain amount that will cover the skincare meds and a small allowance for ‘snacks’, she can then take packed lunches and learn how to budget.

DS17 at 6th form. We give him £100 per month allowance and pay for his mobile phone (£7 per month). He also works at a garden centre every Sunday to supplement his income.

We gave DD1

• bus / train pass paid
• standard required clothes paid
• standard required toiletries paid
• learning to drive paid
• £50 / month 'college money' to fund meals and incidentals (still got it in holidays when no college)
• £25 / month discretionary spending - presents, PAYG phone, socialising (she didn't do much, if she had wanted to do more we would have given her more)

We wanted her to learn to live on a budget as her earning capacity not high.

OP - I'd drop daily allowance to £4 per day and then pay for the skin care stuff.