Teenagers/ jobs/ money

[mopbucket]

Just thinking the other day and i got a saturday job at 16 i got £20 per saturday and had to give step mum £10 per week for bed and board, i then at 17 had driving lessons and spent my other £10 per week on lessons.

Fast forward to now and my children are 14 and 15 and i wouldnt expect them to pay me anything from a saturday job, i pay into their banks £25 per week to allow them to focus on their studys

Do any mn get bed and board from their teenage children?

I have just started charging my eldest board and lodgings...... £300 a month. He is 23 and he doesn't know it but we are actually saving it for him so that when he wants to move out into a rented room or something he will
have a deposit....

£25 a week sounds like a lot of pocket money - but I suppose it depends what they are expected to buy with it - eg clothes, birthday presents,

I never took keep from my eldest, now in her own home, becasue she was trying her best and spending her money wisely, probably because it was so hard to come by.

My 16 year old, school leaver is desperately looking for work, even babysitting, she has experience and NVQ's in childcare, but because of unemployment levels there is nothing about. As well as an academic course in September, she is going to do a nail course, because she knows that she can earn money from it.

So whilst she is behaving so sensible, i will do all that i can to take any pressure off her and help her out.

It does depend where you live, but Ds has got work in holidays from where Dh then worked, he then worked for Comet from October to New Year, then the sports centre job where they took on 8 casual officers, but they had to be NPL qualified.
October is a good time to look for Xmas jobs at stores such as Comet and Argos. Also it is when the university students leave their jobs at home so there are a few openings from that.

As to £25 a week it depends on their overall expenses, my 16 year old has around £30 a week off me, but my youngest less because she does horseriding.

DS(17) is in the territorial army so earns about £110 a month plus annual bounty. I don't take anything from him and still subsidise him a bit I'm afraid.

I'm kind of jealous because I hardly got any money from my parents as a kid, and nothing at all from 17, but I can't help wondering if throwing money at kids isn't harming their development and how they will cope as adults when they have to be self-reliant.

I never paid board when in full time education but if I had been working ft I would have paid.

I moved out at 21 before I graduated anyway with DH (then DP)

I had a part time job but didn't get regular or any money off my parents.

Although my mum used to buy me a lot of stuff when we went shopping together lol

josephine - thats why i intend charging mine and have told them as much if they are not in FT education. My BIL has always been mollycoddled by my MIL and is absolutely useless with money or anything domesticated.

Surely that's what child benefit for 5th and 6th formers is for?

Mine are 19, 18 and 14 (and a 20 yr old at University). They all had/have p/t jobs and while I would never charge rent from those I did expect them to fund their own bus passes etc.. most months they had more disposable income than I do anyway!

19 yr old is now in a full time job and has started paying me rent. He offered £200 a month , I said £120 was fine and this helps feed DD1 at Uni and pay tutor fees for DD2 who was very ill last year and making up school work. He is quite proud to be supporting his sisters.
18 yr old has a weekend job and pays her own bus pass,buys own clothes etc.
14 yr old is disabled but his DLA helps generally, as well as meeting his extra needs.

I actually think it's really important for them to develop an understanding of money.. teen jobs are hard to find but ARE out there (as long as they are prepared to do Mcjobs) and paying a parent a low rent is hell of a lot cheaper than paying for a bed sit or flat!

we made a one off payment of her car insurance when she got her car Im not sure what VEC means ragged she is paying it next time ,