How much spending money do your 16/17/18 YO...

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... in full time further education, they have a part time job.

This money is purely for fun/recreation, not for essentials- phone/travel/basic clothes etc.

My 16 YO is leaving school and DP and I can't agree on this issue. We aren't well off but we aren't poor either.

I didn’t give mine any money, they got a job.

The title and first line doesn't read correctly- it should say "how much spending money do you give your 16/17/18 year old in full time further education"?

£20 a week would seem sensible if for run and recreation.

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Mine got £50 a month and encouraged to get a job. Once they had a job ds at 16 and dd at 17 the pocket money stopped. They both earn approx £300 a month from their part time job..

DD didn't leave school until she was 18 then she went to college and got a part time job. While she was in school she got £20 a week, topped up as and when if she was going anywhere specific like swimming/cinema etc that was exceed her budget.

Sorry should add when she went to college she also got a student loan, so her monthly income was good.

I'm in England, doesn't matter if it's school or college, full time further education for 16-18 years olds doesn't bring with it any loans etc. Only apprenticeships bring a wage. Higher education at 18+ they obviously get loans etc.

My son is in Year 11, recently got a part time job with limited hours due to exams but which should increase after his exams.

He is likely going to college ft: we will still pay for all his essentials such as travel, phone, lunches, internet, all telly/streaming services, toiletries, basic clothes, etc, driving lessons when he's 17.

DP thinks he shouldn't get any spending money for recreation when he is able to work more hours at his part time job and thus fund his own recreation. DS really enjoys socialising, playing football, buying designer clothes, watching football etc. He spends a lot!

I think he should still get a little bit of spending money for fun until he is able to work full time/have an apprenticeship/attend higher education at 18.

I can't work out who is right. I understand his logic that DS is old enough now to have a part time job but it just seems a bit mean.

Ah sorry it was higher education DD did at college, I didn't realise - I'm Scotland and it's so different

DD gets £100 a month and is expected to make that money last. We pay for phone and some other bits and pieces (kit for DofE, haircut, that kind of thing). She is currently full time in 6th form, doing first year A Levels. If she wants more money then she has been told she needs to get a job. No sign as yet....

Mine got £40 a month 6 years ago...they both had jobs paying £500 a month while doing A levels. They paid for phones and were expected to save £200.

Mine got the child benefit. We paid for his scouts and mobile phone he got the rest in cash which worked out at about £50 cash. He had to make that last. He also got a part time job which nets him about £500 per month. He's turned 18 now and the pocket money is about to stop!

My daughter is 17, doing alevels at 6th form and has a part time job. I pay her phone contract but don't give her any pocket money any more. She's expected to pay for socialising, driving lessons, clothes and make up etc herself.

I have two 16 year olds who are still in ft education. I rarely give them money unless they are doing something particularly expensive as they both have part time jobs. I do buy most of their clothes, pay for a tutor, music lessons and dance lessons, their phones and all their toiletries. I do however always check they have enough money on their cards if they are meeting friends as I would hate them to be unable to do whatever it is they have planned. They both save a third of their wages each month.

Mine is 18 and finishes school next month. She doesn't have a term time PT job, apart from occasional babysitting, but for the last year or so she has been working at kids camps during the holidays. She gets between 120 and 200 euros a week for that plus bed and board. This summer she is signed up for 5 weeks at the coast and 10 day trip abroad (free but she doesn't get paid). I normally give her the child benefit - 120 euros a month and pay her phone/transport pass. Depending on where she goes to Uni in September the whole lot will be up for discussion.

Pocket money stops at 17th birthday but I still cover Spotify after that. I would still offer to cover basic costs like essential clothes, train to school, chips on a walk with me, half of a restaurant meal cost (maybe max 1/month), maybe contribute to a trip to cinema with friends. We are still paying for nearly-adult DS's phone, come to think of it. But then, he paid completely for his A-levels-grade/+gaming laptop (£600).

My boys increasingly refused to let me give them anything extra for leisure from age 15 or so. Now-adult DD happily accepts all subsidy. I bought DD's railcard & pay for her trips to see us while she pays for her trips with / to see friends.

I pay for phone and do clothes shopping every once in a while but nothing regular
they have jobs for pocket money spends

Once at college, we gave our son an allowance of £250 each month to cover travel, lunches, clothes, going out, phone, haircuts etc. He saves some each month too. His college isn’t keen on kids working although obviously many do.

In my case, I'd want DD to focus on her A-Levels. My plan is to give her £250ish a month and go from there depending on her spending habits...

A-levels are bloody hard work compared to GCSEs and the workload is huge; I think to work a part time job on top of that can be a bit much, but obviously that's only if you're in the position to do so!

He isn't doing A levels, he'll be doing T levels (full time vocational course).

I give dd around £160 a month but that covers clothes, toiletries, lunches and bus fares as well as recreation etc. I pay for her phone, for stuff that she needs for school and for her extracurricular activities.

She also earns around £200-250 per month from her PT job. She saves a lot of it, which I'm pleased about.

I got none - I worked for my money at that age.

I actually think it's good for them to have a PT job alongside a-levels. It helps them grow up quite a lot!!

Two of my girls work - they get handouts if they have a party to go to. One is going on a weekend away to see universities paid for by herself - and I’ll sub her some money.
DS is on a different pathway and will get lunch money and I pay for haircuts and clothes, he’s started a job but not been paid much as it’s an apprenticeship two days a week. Things will change when he’s paid full time.

Most of DC's friends receive/received the EMA which is £30 a week, we gave the same plus an extra £30 for phone top up and the gym.

Mine work as well. They both love working, it gives them so much more than extra money. They really enjoy the responsibility, the experience and the social side of it.