How much pocket money?

[antelopevalley]

My DD and DS (14 and 16) are complaining and saying they should have more pocket money. If you have children about this age, how much do you give them?

I'm surprised how little everyone is responding with! I had imagined that £20+ per week would be the going rate.

I used to get £10 per week at this age 20 odd years ago. Maybe an additional few quid here and there to get myself something to eat when I was out or if I was going somewhere expensive.

Dc 13 gets £9.50 a week plus £11 monthly for x box subscription. If there is a cinema / lunch outing gets £10 extra but no more than once per month. If anymore is needed the option is there to earn it by cleaning the car or the windows

Pay for her phone and give her £20pm. My 'child maintenance' from dickhead goes to her directly for some reason- another £15. She's 15. When she goes to college and doesn't where uniform at age 16 I'm probably going to give her £35 so she has a £50pm total to buy clothes and books, maybe a bit more, to help her get ready for budgeting for uni. Interested in what would be a good amount for this from others.

Wear not where. I need coffee

Actually at 16 she can get a job if she needs more 😀

My 15 and 13 year old get their maintenance of 140 each ì make sure 80 of that is spent on clothing and the remaining 60 is split in 4 x 15 amounts weekly . I wasn't able to do this with the older two as we were skint skint but I think the younger 2 would sooner have their dad in their life but that's another story ...... it all depends on your personal circumstances and what you can afford às I used to get told if you want something that badly earn it. Go henry has weekly goals you can set up for chores and stuff x

My 15 year old gets nothing.

We buy what he needs and his phone contract, gym membership etc

If he wants to go out we give him money.

I know having spare money will just mean he will waste it on sweets and chocolates etc and even worse vapes.

I don't mind giving him money as I am fortunate we can afford it, and buy him what he needs / wants to an extent. I even will buy his girlfriend a gift for xmas. But we are not giving him a regular allowance.

He also worked during the summer and saved most of the money to spend on clothes & football tickets which I thought was good

Is this per month or per week?

DD is 15 and gets £50/months. It's for personal spending, so coffees, cinema, make up, small presents for friends' birthdays and whatever else she deems essential.

We pay for all clothes, toiletteries, school items and hobbies. We pay for lunch if she is out for a whole day.

@JockTamsonsBairns
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I've started giving DD some extra pocket money sometimes to cover her extra expenses. I'm aware that this might not be considered totally fair - however, if she runs out of money, then she can't join her friends having fun - and would just sit in her room on her laptop, so that doesn't feel right either?
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This sounds pretty unfair especially if your DS is aware of it. Sibling resentment can have a lasting effect. It's also not how the financial world works - you don't get paid more simply because you want to spend more. Your DS is a saver and surely deserves to be rewarded for that. If he was spending all his money would you also top up his account? When you give your DD extra money why don't you put the same amount aside for your DS?

Quotation failure sorry

I agree.

Ds is a saver and dd is a spendthrift but I always gave them the same.