How much allowance/pocket money for Yr12?

[elderflowerandpomelo]

Just want to find out what others give, and what kids have to do/pay for in return.

ATM DS gets £10/week. Pays for fun and travel out of this, plus clothes 'upgrades' (I pay for a basic level, but if he wants fancier stuff he funds it).

Fifty quid monthly, like u does not include clothes upgrades, not linked to chores but some chores undertaken eg dishwasher and hoovering plus cleaning of bedroom

Ds got £12 a week plus we paid for his phone, basic clothes/toiletries and travel/lunches to college.

Interesting - very much the same.

what about holidays (w friends not us) and things like tents?

Our son got a job in year 12 so no pocket money needed.
We still pay for things like haircuts etc

£70. We pay for mobile, subscriptions and sports. Will buy clothes as and when but they have mainly been given more expensive items like trainers for birthday and Christmas.

Pay for phone and 50% of gym and sport fees. But we pay 100% of travel fees.

Also buy basics and they have to upgrade socialise with their Saturday job. Don't give them an allowance (but feel cover enough)

Holidays with friends they would pay. Tents I'd point them to ebay

£60 a month, but tbh we pay for pretty much everything: mobile, sports, clubs most clothes, any toiletries, treats, haircare etc.

She spends on vinyls when she wants them and the odd top if she buys when she's out with mates, but I normally give her the cash for any clothes she buys if I'm not with her to pay - she doesn't take the mickey.

If she's eating lunch out with friends I give her enough to cover it, we don't want her having to pay for food out of her pocket money.

She's currently looking for a Saturday job, but that is to supplement pocket money, not replace it.

We really like that she is saving most of her pocket money for uni/travel after A levels.

We give DS17 £10 a week.
we pay for phone, gym, haircuts and basic clothes. His travel (bus) is free for another year as we’re in London.
he is looking for a part time job as well

For college we gave our son £180 a month for travel, lunch and socialising and also paid for phone, clothes, driving lessons etc. He worked in the summers to save for uni.

He cooks once a week, loads/unloads dishwasher, walks the dogs, puts a wash on when needed. Once he could drive he also started helping out with lifts for his younger sibling.

He’s been working a lot of hours since June, after A levels, so we aren’t giving him anything at the moment. We’ll be paying uni accommodation and he’ll be working part time at uni.

well most of you do what we do which kind of surprises me!
ds has until now just saved his money, but (central London) a tenner a week doth not a social life make… nor will it allow him to keep his bike in good repair. And I don’t want him to get a job yet - 4 a levels is plenty!
i thought more people would be giving more, and expecting kids to buy more, so I’m interested that’s not the case.
I don’t want to just be Bank of Mum, but nor do I want him to live off gifts and handouts; I’d rather he had enough to budget a bit.

We give DD £100 per month. We pay for her phone, the majority of her clothes and travel to college. We also pay for all toiletries and for her to have her hair done. She uses her spends mainly on socialising, make up and jewellery. She has savings so is reasonably sensible with it. I also treat her to the odd thing in the month. We will also pay for driving lessons which are starting soon.

Don't discourage a job just because he's doing A Levels, employers have no interest in kids who know nothing about the world of work!

I give £10 a week for them to get anything they want - no questions asked. Anything at all as long as it isn't harmful. They can save to get something bigger with that or use it in one go - their call.

Besides that, they get all their needs met/paid for, and everything else is negotiated/asked for if they need it.

Nothing is tied to chores - they have to be asked and reminded but we do chores because we're part of the same household and everyone chips in how they can.

DD got a job aged 15, few hours on a Friday night and sat morning. We don't give her any money now but pay for mobile phone bill. We also buy 'essentials' clothing but anything fancy she buys! It really has taught her how to budget and realise eating out for example can't be done all the time! DS is a little younger and we give him £25 a month which he generally buys ice cream or Xbox games!