How much of an allowance to give Daughter

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How much cash would you think appropriate to give a 16 year old starting college next week ? There is a free bus laid on to and from college so thats fares covered and she gets her phone paid for . She is aiming to get a part time job , i want her to have enough but not too much that she gets lazy and won't look for a job .

I gave dd £3 per day for lunches plus an allowance of £25 per week to cover socialising, personal toiletries, clothes & books. (I bought her a full set of college uniform at the start of the year).

She had a job earning £15 per week and I let her keep all of that, but when she got a better job earning £50 per week I started to give her less so now I just give her lunch money and £10 to cover personal toiletries and essential college books etc

Ds starts college next September. He will get slightly less because he has no interest in buying personal toiletries (and dd has the extra expense of sanitary items which he obviously doesn't) plus he likes me to buy his clothes whereas dd prefers to buy her own. So he will probably get £15 per week plus lunch money.

I presume you'll give her lunch money.
£20-25 a week sounds about right.

My DD gets £40/month and her phone paid for. She lives at home and is at 6th form - it's walking distance. No lunch money needed, she makes herself a packed lunch every morning, which comes out of the family food budget. She's gluten free and school canteen food doesn't work for her.

I don't need for her to work - we're lucky enough to be comfortable - and I'm happy for her not to as long as she works hard on her studies. She's doing 3 tough A levels and an EPQ and has fibro, so that's enough for her to deal with.

She's planning to get a p/t job over the summer holidays next year though, if her health handles it.

DS gets £15 a week from me to include lunches and £20 a month from his dad, so around £20 a week in total. He doesn't spend that much outside of food. I buy all his clothes, toiletries etc. Maybe I should up it a bit?

Most local authorities expect that children in care have lunches, travel to school/college, clothes and essential items for college plus a basic phone contract provided for plus approx £10-15 per week pocket money (each local authority has its own scales). So I think that my own kids should at least get that minimum level.