AIBU to think that charging rent from a child whilst in finL year of A-levels is not on?

[Pony74]

Is this normal? Thank you.

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which part are you playing in this scenario ?

Depends on situation, if they had a job then maybe a small amount to teach the value of money

Yanbu

no its not on.

Dsd is 17 and at college. She earns a decent amount from her part time job but we wouldn't charge her rent until she is working f/t and no longer a student.

how old is the child? At 17 it may perhaps be a little mean depending on the circumstances but if the 'child' is actually an adult then that's different

You bumped after 3 minutes? Give it a chance.

Anyfucker, it's my daughters friend and I'm trying a sense check on how I feel about it. The child is 17/18 and in the final year of school.

Don't have a massive go at me I'm just trying to work out if IABU about this?

Do I really need to bang on about how long I've been on mn. Lemon drizzle etc?

Cupid, I bumped because the thread wasn't showing until I did that. Sorry.

It's mean.

Thanks. I guess I'm just trying to gauge how I feel about it because to me it feels so wrong. Can you really charge a child rent whilst still at school, even though it's a levels?

Depends on the circumstances anyway. It can teach a young adult (17 years old?) about budgeting and bills so can be useful for a teen that's not great with money. Also, some parents do this as a way of getting the teen to save up money for themselves for uni indirectly.

Only if the family are really skint and his money is paying for the basics, or he's earning loads and it's a small %. If he's just on min wage and already paying for all his own clothes and phone bill and then rent is bit much.

She's only got a call centre job to supplement a levels.
I personally think this is awful but posted here to get another point of view.

Her parents are still getting child benefit and child tax credits for her.She should not be working at thye moment either.She needs to be concentrating on her exams.

Definitely not on.

I don't think it's any of your buisness really ( in a nice way!)

I had my own place at 16 and learned how to manage money very quickly.

Dd1 had a part time job while at school and she had to (after a discussion) give me a small part of it for savings. If I wasn't financally secure I may have used it towards food ect...

It's all a learning curve.

It's completely unresonable.

Unreasonable unless extremely hard up.

Why? Why is it unreasonable to contribute to the family home / regardless if your rolling in it?

its hugely mean indeed.
unless - the whole household is on the knife edge of being sent to the workhouse - otherwise it does seem incredibly grabby.

I personally would never charge rent in this situation but I don't know the full facts of the situation from either party so can't really comment.

I think it is unreasonable to charge your child rent when they still at school.

Pay for their own phone/clothes/hair cuts etc yes absolutely. Rent? No.

Really mean as the parents would probably be getting child benefit too. Sounds very grabby.