Kids Weekly Allowances

[BrandyandBabycham]

DD11 currently gets £5 a week on her Go Henry card, with a chance to earn 50p for doing household tasks. She’s complaining it’s not enough. What does everyone else give their kids?

I suppose it depends what she has to pay for out of it. My 9yo gets £2 a week, but we pay for most things for her still. £5 a week is plenty if it is just for extras, but not so much if she is paying for regular things.

It’s for extras really but we’re trying to encourage her to save a bit too

Ds & Dd aged 11 get £5 . They have certain jobs they are expected to do that isn't related to their pocket money. They can earn extra if they want by doing jobs like cleaning the interiors of the cars oŕ helping Dh with his work.

These threads always show huge differences in allowances OP.

Stick to your guns if you feel what you give is appropriate to your income and child.

I'm a TA and our household income is down by £800/month thanks to the effects of Covid.

Mine can earn money for jobs, but they have to actually do the jobs. They don't get given money otherwise.

I pay for my 11yo's phone at £7.50/ month and her bus pass (£11/week) though. Youngest child is 9 so a couple of years before she gets a phone. If we go to town, then they will go to the sweet shop.

At 11, my DD had £5 a week, but we bought everything she needed, so it was 'frivolous' money and she spent it on sweets, magazines, plastic tat or saved weeks at a time for computer games etc

She is now almost 15 and she gets £20 a week, but has to cover her phone bill, going out with friends, gig tickets, merchandise, collectables and desired/fashion clothes and shoes etc (to be clear, we buy her clothing/shoes as she needs them but if she wants a £120 pair of DM's, she pays for them herself!)

We didn't pay for chores as I believe every one in a house is responsible for keeping the house clean and tidy etc, irrespective of age and incentive - it is simply a life skill that needs to be learnt

Children always have friends who get more. It's just life (not that they see it that way of course), I would add though that you need both parents on board with the ethos, otherwise it can lead to issues later on -bitter experience-

£20 per month which she has to manage/budget herself for the whole month. This money is for when she goes out with her friends to McDonalds or shopping. She doesn't get any extra money for anything cleaning or tidying or any
other chores. This is her house too and her mess afterall! But she can earn money for helping me wash my car or doing extra work in the garden for example.

Just this morning she’s refused to help me clean the bathroom so I have removed the task from Go Henry. We have had words & I am letting her know that things need to change ( as it stands she does nothing chore wise or very rarely). I have said if she wants friends for tea, sleepovers etc she needs to step up.