If your teenager had £2000 to spend..

[BertrandRussell]

....what would they buy?

A gaming PC, a plane ticket to New York.

My 17 yo would travel I think.
For his 18th we are paying for a trip for him as he can't think of anything he wants

Hopefully a car for them to use when they could drive?

Depends on what age really. My 13 year old receives £1000 a year from grandparents, has been 'saving for a car' since she was 9 😂.

My 16 year old DD would want to buy an electric scooter, but I wouldn't let her. She'd then probably save it for when she can travel or get a car. 15 year old DS would splurge on trainers and computing stuff then save the rest for a car.

It boggles the mind that people are still being brought up to believe that they should have a car.

A tattoo.
A provisional license and driving lessons.
Clothes and trainers.
A trip to the hairdresser.

A new saddle, a night out (or two).

Wait. My last teenager is now twenty! 😧

Driving lessons and test, which could probably eat up most of that £2000.

Possibly a new phone, I think the Samsung S9 or 10 or whatever number they are up to now.

My son bought a bicycle for £1,800 when he turned 18. He’s still got it now he’s 24 and uses it daily. He does maintain it and has it serviced.

Do you live somewhere with fantastic public transport BlackForestCake? We don't, the bus to York (25 miles) is three times a day and takes 1 hour 45 minutes.

Inter-railing ticket and hostel accommodation (just spent £1000 saved up to do that)

A few items of clothing maybe. And some ‘going out’ pocket money.

But otherwise most would go into savings.

One would have bought and phone or mac, if they didnt have one at the time. Or saved it.

The other would have blown 100 in the computer games online sale and saved the rest

My 15 yo DS2 would most probably just keep it in a wallet in his room. He gets money for looking after DS3 if we need to go out and he has no desire to spend it on anything. We ask if he needs new trainers etc only for him to reply "nah, these ones are ok".

Travel

I had that when I was 18.
I was drunk every night for a year and bought a massive pair of flares which my hamsters chewed up and used for bedding.

My kids won't be getting their savings until
They are 21

Mine would travel

Overseas travel and a car.

I spent that in a day when I was 18. My children won't be getting any savings until they're 25.

@BlackForestCake do you live in a city? I'm
Assuming you don't live near me in the West Country as you wouldn't suggest living without a car when public transport is this bad

Fender Jaguar guitar definitely, and he'd probably see what kind of Macbook he could get with the rest.

Mine would put it in his mortgage account

Mine would buy Hozier tickets. She's upset I won't pay scalpers £110 for resales when the original tickets were £40.

Other than that her needs are usually met. She'd probably save the rest.

He’d be torn between getting a (motorcycle) scooter or fancy bike or travel. He’ll be getting £3k at 18 from his child trust fund...