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Allowance for 18 year olds?

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NeverGuessWho · 23/08/2023 17:46

Can you talk to me about whether or not your 18 year old DC gets an allowance? If you provide an allowance, how much a month? I'm just really interested in other parents' thoughts and experiences.

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redskytwonight · 23/08/2023 17:53

We did/do until they finished full time education (end of June).
DD is currently 17 but she gets £40 a month which covers her phone, socialising, buying presents and miscellaneous spending. Although as she also has a part time job, she's not so reliant on it any more.

Once they'd finished full time education we expected/will expect them to manage for themselves for personal spending although we didn't charge them for living here/food etc. until they were working.

DS didn't start a job until the October he was 18; he got no money from us.

NeverGuessWho · 23/08/2023 18:33

Thanks @redskytwonight .
This is helpful.

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purplebluediscorain · 23/08/2023 18:36

I stopped getting money at 16 when I began working for my own money. She also didn’t charge me to live there.

mylittleprince · 23/08/2023 18:42

If they are still in school yes but I'd expect them to have a part time job. Then if they start full time work then I would stop the allowance, if going to university well that entirely depends on how much they can borrow and if they need topping up.

SiouxsieSiouxStiletto · 25/08/2023 16:39

DC1 did whilst he did his A'levels then it stopped as he got a job.

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