My 16 year old has just told me...

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... that all his friends are given £200 a week by their parents as spending money. I'm calling bullshit.

Actually, I feel like I've had the stuffing knocked out of me. I thought I was generous at about £80 a week.

So, AIBU?

One extremely spoiled brat isn't going to send society down the pan

Dunno, read the thread about how kids treat teachers in school. It's enough to give you nightmares.

Jesus - I give my 16 year old £40 a month, and thought I was being over-generous.

My son when he was 16 -20 worked part time while at college

I gave him £30 a week on top of his earnings paid for his mobile phone

Clothes trainers and stuff were normally birthday Xmas presents . But out of his earnings he had to buy anything else that he wanted .

When he wanted to drive I paid for one lesson and he paid for one

When he took his driving test he paid for the test and if he passed I gave him the money back

If he failed tough shit, he had to pay for it . I wasn't paying for his failures

He wanted to to do a door safe course so he could work In nightclubs so I paid half for him and for his badge which was £250

I bought him his first car and insured it for him for the first 3 years as otherwise he couldn't have afforded it and he did need one to get to work at night .
I also used to put a tank of petrol In his car once a month for him

He has a good job now but I still like to help him out now and then as a treat , so I normally take him on holiday with me once a year as I rarely get to see him otherwise and pay for pretty much everything but it's always somewhere that I want to go . If he wants to go somewhere specific then that's down to him .
If he goes with his friends on holiday I don't mind giving him a few hundred pounds to spend .

You've exceeded your catch quota OP; throw some back.

Wow...our just 16 year old get £35.00 per month. We expect her to muck in with household chores, and she hopes to get a holiday job next year. We top up her phone and pay for 'essential' clothes/kit. She spends her allowance on stationery, extra toiletry stuff that she fancies, and is sensible about saving to buy gadgetry, holiday spends etc.

£80 a week...either bullshit,or more money than sense.in which case give the £80 to charity and get yr teen to earn their own money.they will thank you in the long run

Odd...it's not half term yet....

This has to be a wined up! Just set the scene and off we all go 11 pages later!

I'm 26 now but I got £5 a week and I was expected to buy my own clothes. I started getting £10 EMA at 16 and my DM stopped giving me money. I would have killed for £80 a week!

sorry but I'm with Bertrand. And do you really want them working loads of hours when they are studying?

I don't agree with kids getting whopping allowances, but I want my DCs to concentrate on studying and not working all the hours god sends. A reasonable allowance (£80 a month not a bloody week though!) teaches them how to manage their money.

I expect my teenage child to be able to fit one working day in around their studying, tbh.

And anyway, jobs for 16 year olds are few and far between these days.

I'd aim for my future 16 year old child to work holiday jobs but not term time.

My 16 year old gets £20 a MONTH. Any more needed and they can earn it. I’ve 3 dcs and they all get the same.

Any parent giving their child 200pw will also have stupid sucker tattooed on their head

My 16-year-old gets £55 a month. And that includes her bus fares. She's perfectly happy with it.

Chucking money at children doesn't do them any favours. Even I don't have £80 a week spending money - you're more than generous!

£80pw is also a riducluoisly large amount. Personally I’d worry that a child receiving 80pw would be entitled and have little grasp of the value of money.

Mine is given £20 a month. Which she earns through completing various tasks She’s an academic high flyer with a good work ethic and brings home an additional £20pw through various jobs like babysitting

Well, at least you won't get such a big shock when/if he goes to University.
My two each have £80 to live off (as in food/study/bus fares/the works).

My 16 year old gets £40 per MONTH.

His dad pays Spotify, gym and phone
I pay school lunches, clothing, shoes

My 16 year old gets £16 a month.

But we do pay for his phone and essential clothes on top of that.

He earns money working in the garden, but is expected to help around the house for no reward.

Just asked my boys 16/17 if they know how much pocket money their friends get. Not a clue. They were amazed at the thought of someone getting £80 per week though.

I was given $10 a week and that's only because I was at boarding school.

My stepdaughters each got £100 a month when they were 16, that was plenty. I did also however pay their mobile phone bills (capped amount) and Oyster cards, and sometimes gave them extra to buy books.

If my teenager wants that kind of money I'll be suggesting a job
No way I'd give out that sort of allowance