How much allowance do you give your teenagers??

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I have twin boys they are 15 and they get £60 a month from their Nana and £20 a mth for me.

I also pay for their gym membership at £37.00 a mth.

If they need clothes and choose an expensive pair of Nikes @ £70 for example I will pay £30. An expensive top I will pay £20.00 towards it. But basics ie: plain tshirts, trackie bottoms anything else like that I pay for.

When they go out with their friends I pay for cinema, and lunch out (now some of the kids have got into eating out in Nandos etc - thats £12.-00 a shot)

Both have had blackberrys either has been broken or lost etc we got them for birthdays/xmas etc.

One of the boys wanted a Samsung S2 so I said he could have it using his birthday money he got a big amount when he was 13.

Apparantly I am told all his friends think I am mean for making him pay for his phone???

So how much does your teenager get, and do they work at all??

I would pay for the phone nut maybe get them to pay other stuff out of their allowances. It's not really teaching them to budget if you end up paying for trips out with their friends.
So they each have £80 a month -what do they spend that on?
Disclaimer: I dont have teens yet but my folks didn't pay for anything for me once I hit about 14. Am by what's about to come I think!!

Ds is 13, so I'm watching with interest. I buy his clothes, expensive trainers he pays the difference from what I'd have paid on the basic. I pay his phone contract, which comes with a basic smartphone. If he wanted a flash one he would have to fund. I pay for a bus pass that covers the county for him to get to school, he uses that at weekends, although it doesn't cover the small local bus to get to his friend's house.

He gets a lot less pocket money, but spends it mostly on Lego! Massive Lego fan. Doesn't have the eating out habits your boys have, or the social life. Yet.

InflagranteDelicto I also buy bus pass

TheMasterNotMargarita They buy video games

From their 12 th birthday Ds's got £20 a week pocket money.
We paid for phone, clothes, sports club subscriptions and kit, toilietries etc.
They were encouraged to save some, spend some.

They also ask for netflix because they dont have credit card yet but they wont give money to put on my card

£60 per month allowance, plus contract phone and bus pass. I pay half towards his gym membership too.

He's 17 and has an evening job, 2 nights a week. He has to budget for clothes, toiletries beyond the norm and socialising. He is learning to drive and will share my small car. He is a named driver on my insurance.

We buy football boots and some clothes for college.

He has worked since the age of 13, starting with a paper round and then jobs in restaurants.

So every month they buy what, 2 vidoeo games each? Or more if they trade in?
Totally not critisising at all, I'm genuinely curious.
I had a conversation with an acquaintance not long ago about her 14 year old DD and it sounded not dissimilar to what you describe, although her cash goes on makeup and nails etc.
I'm just as I still think of £100 as a lot of money. I guess things cost a lot more now and I am old and out of touch with the kids .

TheMasterNotMargarita They sometimes trade in but I sent them shopping with there dad (dont live with us) and they took no money but they are bound find something they want and there dad will buy it

Will you adopt me please!!?

My 14 yr old gets no regular payments from me. I pay for her contract phone (£25 a month) and also pay out £55 a month for her travel pass to get to school which she can also use outwith school hours on weekends etc.

I do give her money for trips with her friends if she asks and has been helpful at home. Her chores are to clear the table after dinner and load the dishwasher and clear up her own room.

She's desperate to find a part-time job but she's too young so she's volunteering in a youth club just now so she can get a bit of work experience.

I buy all of her clothes and shoes but if she wants something expensive then I ask that she contributes to it. She has money in a Bond which pays half the interest into her bank account each month (not much, less than £20) and she gets given money for birthdays, Christmas etc from relatives and myself.

I refuse to give my children everything they want and am trying to make them understand that money doesn't grow on trees and that if you want something you have to work and save for it.

Making your son get his own phone isn't mean at all .. it's teaching him a valuable life lesson!!

DD (15) gets £20 each week pocket money, I give her £15 a week for school & her grandparents give her £10 a week from this she pays for lunch at school & any outings with friends, her own make up, expensive toiletries & any clothes that she wants.

I pay for her phone contract (£11.50) & any basics like toiletries, school uniform, every day clothes that she needs & her haircuts.

In January she'll get the EMA which is £30 a week at which point I'll stop giving her pocket money & cut down to £10 for school as no 16yo needs £75 a week disposable income!

My 14 works with the police cadets (different country) and gets a pretty good stipend for this and he gets birthday and Christmas money from his grandparents, which helps towards things he wants. He wanted an expensive phone. We said we would pay for a basic Samsung, if he wanted a better one he could pay the difference, which he did. We pay the phone, netflix and family gym membership so he doesn't get pocket money, we usually just give him money when he goes out with friends and we buy all his clothes and shoes.

16 yr old DS here. We give him £100 per month and he has a very PT job paying £20 per week. We buy all essential clothes, a basic phone contract, his bus fare to/from college, sports clothes/boots.

He pays for his phone upgrade, xbox games, meals out with friends, more expensive clothes.

80 quid a month and you pay for cinema trips and nandos???? they're having a laugh aren't they??

my kid gets much much less than that and pays for his costas and nandos out of what he has.

80 quid a month to spend on video games?? i am abolutely shocked by this

Mine are 18 and 16. They get £60 a month from their Nan. I pay their phone contracts and give them £15 a week for lunch at college. In the holidays occasionally I gave the youngest a bit extra (the eldest had a summer job)

I'm keen for them both to get pt jobs though, so have decided no more handouts.

Sometimes they buy me something but its rare

You don't sound mean too me! My dc are 13,12 and 9. We have a points system - they start off with a basic £5 pocket money a week, and earn points for chores or lose points for bad behaviour/ messy rooms etc. Eldest dd usually comes away with around £12-15, while the other 2 usually get £5-6!! Eldest dd makes breakfast every mirning, feeds the animals, sets the table at night, empties the dishwasher, does all the washing.
I do pay for the older two's phone contracts (sim only) They wanted iPhones so bought second hand and they paid the difference,

Following with interest.

DS is 14 and gets £10 per week. That pays for his social life, computer games, small contribution to immediate family bday/xmas presents and any phone upgrade.

Everything else we pay for.

We also give him the option to earn additional money for additional household chores (he already does basic chores as part of family).

They receive more than enough, and it's doubly tough on you for having to fork out for two.
Eating out is a lifestyle choice, if they can't fund their lifestyle then get a job that does.
When my kids ask for (extra) money, they know to bring their negioting skills with them as handing out money requires doing a job that I don't enjoy. Your boys might enjoy earning some cash by cooking a meal, cleaning the bathroom, cleaning windows or mowing the lawn.

ThePlatypusAlwaysTriumphs I do take some money away if they fight

Lifesastitch they sometimes walk the puppy but im worried that they will let him run away and they wont do chores

Blimey. We put £20 in ds1's (13) bank. Plus a tenner here and there when he's going out with his mates, to Thorpe park etc. We pay his phone contract and gym membership. But the money given doesn't add up to £80 or £100 a month.
Maybe I am totally out of touch with what is normal.

We never gave our three children an allowance/pocket money. We fed them, clothed them is good quality items, put well made shoes on their feet, took them on holiday and kept a secure roof over their head. If they wanted money to spend they had to get a paper round/job or do things around the house for which we agreed a price. They are now 29, 27 and 25. They are all financially solvent and savvy. The two oldest both own property which they bought on their own and the youngest is currently renting. I was determined to make sure that my kids knew the value of money and didn't expect anything for free. So far I think it has worked.

Dd14.
I set up a bank account just recently for her and I transfer £10 into it for her on the 1st of every month.

I give her either £5 or £10 every now and then in exchange for chores or watching DS while I have a shower.

I give her £20 maybe once a month to go out with her friends.

I buy her books online every now and then too, as a treat.