Page 3 | How much money do you give Teenage DC a month.

Bringminimoons · 2021-05-08T23:04:18+00:00

Hey ! Just that really how much do you give teenagers a month and what do they use it for / expectations on what it should include ? Asking after ds told my sister how much he got and her reaction to it.

ShanghaiDiva · 09/05/2021 09:35

Dd gets £40 from us and £20 from my mum.
She spends most of it on wool and craft supplies.

diamondpony80 · 09/05/2021 09:40

I don't think DS (now 17) ever got more than £20 a month. I paid for his phone, Spotify, clothes, bus fares, eating out, hobbies etc. so he didn't really need any extra money. Plus he got quite a bit from grandparents, aunts & uncles etc. for birthdays and Christmas. Now he works part time and makes about £500 a month of which he keeps about £100 for spending and saves the rest. I don't give him money any more but I would still pay for any after school lessons (guitar etc.) because he's saving for his future.

OhRene · 09/05/2021 09:43

My 14yo gets a fiver a week, so £40-£45 a month. She gets this for doing the washing up when I ask. We buy all her clothes and I pay her phone contract.
I also buy Netflix, Disney Plus, Amazon Prime video and Sky tv and DD admits that she is the main user of everything but Sky so that's another thing I finance mainly for her (and her siblings).

She can spend the money on what she wants and I give her £2.50 a school day for lunches (her school allows kids to rain at lunch so it's usually chippy, cafe or bakery stuff) but if she wants more she uses her own funds.

DH and I also have the power to deny the pocket money for misbehaving or cheek (never happened yet cos she's pretty cool) or saying "later" to the washing up and needing to be made to do it.

Now if DD starts needing more cash, say, to go on a trip with her mates, or go for a proper lunch or away clothes shopping we'll hand her some cash as a one off.

Beachbabe1 · 09/05/2021 09:44

15 yr old gets £30 a month. I buy his clothes and shoes. So he spends it on his Xbox or at the shop before school or going out on the weekend ( pre covid!)

Beachbabe1 · 09/05/2021 09:45

Out of interest, how much does your son get and what was your sisters reply?

RagzReturnsRebooted · 09/05/2021 09:46

£10 a month basic, plus phone. Then extra chores on top of their expected ones have a price and they can choose to earn more. They frequently don't bother, unless they want something particular then a load of jobs suddenly get done! There's potential for them to earn a fair bit extra.
I pay for clothes and shoes unless they want some special thing then it would be a birthday present.
There's no bus service here and nothing to do so they don't go out with friends apart from a walk up to the village shop occasionally.

ALevelhelp · 09/05/2021 09:50

DS1 (17) gets £15 a week, paid by standing order. We pay for his phone contract, clothes that he needs - he pays for clothes that he just wants. Obviously we pay for toiletries etc so his money is just for him to spend on treats.

He doesn't have to do anything specific to earn his allowance, but instead we do have an expectation that if he's asked to do something, he will do it with minimal moaning. He's usually pretty good.

He's about to start a job so I'll cut back on his allowance once he's had his first full month wage - probably put it away ready for starting Uni next year.

ALevelhelp · 09/05/2021 09:51

@ALevelhelp

DS1 (17) gets £15 a week, paid by standing order. We pay for his phone contract, clothes that he needs - he pays for clothes that he just wants. Obviously we pay for toiletries etc so his money is just for him to spend on treats.

He doesn't have to do anything specific to earn his allowance, but instead we do have an expectation that if he's asked to do something, he will do it with minimal moaning. He's usually pretty good.

He's about to start a job so I'll cut back on his allowance once he's had his first full month wage - probably put it away ready for starting Uni next year.

Forgot to add, he gets a bit more allowance than we would have normally give but he went to school/college in a different town so we factored in travel costs if we wants to see friends

FrenchyQ · 09/05/2021 09:52

Ds 14 gets £10 a week basic but can earn extra with other jobs round the house. He spends it on computer games etc. We pay for basic clothes and his phone bill.

Hoppinggreen · 09/05/2021 09:53

I give mine £50 on her GoHenry card.
She uses it for things she wants but I buy things she needs, although the definition of that is open to interpretation

Maggiesfarm · 09/05/2021 09:56

I used to give mine £100 a month at fourteen, it went up annually. It was their money to do with what they liked, both had active social lives and went to various things that cost. One got a Saturday and holiday job at 14 which supplemented the allowance, the other was a bit older.

They bought Christmas and birthday presents. I (& their dad) paid for everything, bought their clothes and things they needed.

paralysedbyinertia · 09/05/2021 10:00

Mine gets £120 a month. She's 15.

She buys her clothes (except school uniform), shoes, any special toiletries, pays for socialising, friends' presents etc. I pay for her phone (sim only), school stuff, extracurricular activities and the odd extra, e.g. I've promised to give her extra for a prom dress.

Rockbird · 09/05/2021 10:02

13yo dd1 gets £25 per month from us and £10 from my dad on her Osper card. We pay for her phone and all essentials. She doesn't spend a lot though so it mounts up.

WilsonMilson · 09/05/2021 10:03

DS,15 gets £20 a month into his account, and I pay phone £10 a month. He hardly ever spends his pocket money, I buy him everything he needs anyway. He just likes to see his balance growing, but will occasionally fork out for some Xbox stuff.

He also has a savings account, that I control, and I’ve been putting money into that since he was born.

WarmAndFluff · 09/05/2021 10:12

14 and 16 years old. Both are getting £20 a month, but just for treats and the occasional computer game. They rarely spend it though, so their nimbl accounts are pretty full.

We get them anything else they need, and they get a little extra money for day trips or if we're on holiday, but they're not that into material things or labels, so they're happy with that. They're still expected to help out around the house because they live here and are part of the family, we wouldn't pay them for helping.

If they didn't think they could do the things they wanted on that, we'd review it and put it up a little.

Thirtyrock39 · 09/05/2021 10:16

Recently changed how we give money it's now a £1 for every reward point at school paid each week which usually is about x5 per week- not sure how we will do school holidays
They lose it for a week if they get a late or behaviour point (this is very rare)
I'm giving older dd £5 extra this week for babysitting youngest
Older dd only spends it on make up and junk food so I'm reluctant to just give her money for the sake of it but younger dd is great at saving and spending it well
I still buy most things and would pay for clothes, shoes, haircuts and most activities so it really is for treats or saving up

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Bringminimoons · 09/05/2021 10:21

Ah yeh it does seem I do things fairly different. How much he gets seems a lot but he buys everything out of it.

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HUCKMUCK · 09/05/2021 10:25

Can I ask those with 15/16 year olds what sort of jobs their teens have managed to get?

DS is 16 in a mon

HUCKMUCK · 09/05/2021 10:27

DS is 16 in a month or so and he’s finishing school soon. He’s like to get a job over the summer to earn extra cash and hopefully carry on working once he goes to college. I’m unsure what types of places will employ a 16 year old and there are no paper rounds locally, all have long waiting lists.

HowWeAre · 09/05/2021 10:27

When I was 16 (not too long ago!) I got £20 a week. But everything came out of that including my bus fare and lunches to college.

HowWeAre · 09/05/2021 10:29

Oh and she paid for my phone contract separately! My Mum covered my phone contract until I went to university. I paid for things like my Netflix out of the £80 a month though.

DevonTF · 09/05/2021 10:29

We have 2 DS - 14 and 16. We pay for all clothes / toiletries / phones / haircuts/ days out etc. We set up 3 accounts -

Standard Account - with debit card. We pay £20 per month. This is money they spend with no need to justify / ask (mainly spent on-line gaming !)
Savings Account - they can transfer money in and out of the standard account. We pay in £30 a month. This is money that we encourage them to see as 'saving for something nice'
Savings ISA - Cant touch until they are 18. We pay in £50 a month. This is their savings money for long-term purchases - ie car / house etc.

We did it to try and make them understand the value of money, and how to plan short/medium and long term. The youngest did moan that he thought we should give them more in the standard account. I sat him down, and wrote a list of how much it costs us to live (mortgage / utilities / cars etc). He stopped moaning.

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Bringminimoons · 09/05/2021 10:33

See I give him 350 . However they is too pay for absolutely everything
Toiletries / clothes / extra curriculum activities and stuff, food our do the house, travel.
Basically everything.

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Howshouldibehave · 09/05/2021 10:37

food our do the house

What is this?

£350 a month is a lot as you can see from the answers to this thread!

ALevelhelp · 09/05/2021 10:48

@Bringminimoons

See I give him 350 . However they is too pay for absolutely everything Toiletries / clothes / extra curriculum activities and stuff, food our do the house, travel. Basically everything.

It's a bit of a how long is a piece of string question isn't it. £350 sounds a lot to me, but a lot depends on what are the extra curricular activities? How much travelling etc? What suits one child, might not for another