Allowance for 16 year old

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We normally give ds money sporadically when he asks and pay gym and phone by dd. from September I would like him to have a set amount for clothes, going out etc. how much is reasonable? It would not include phone and gym.

Mine was £70 a month, but this was to include all food I bought for lunch every day at school as well as everything else.

Thanks. I was thinking around 75.

I give ds £80 a month, my mum also gives him £35, he earns between £30 and £50, so altogether he has about £135 per month. I pay his phone and buy his clothes, but he doesn't want much in terms of clothes, so only about £50 a quarter.

I think he has quite a lot, but we live in the sticks so he often has to pay £15 or £20 for a taxi home.

I don't give any. If they want money they babysit or do other jobs. They even signed up for altar serving because they got a little stipend for weddings and funerals. Their father was able to get them phones through his work, or they would have to get phones for themselves too.

Now I feel mean! as soon as dd got her ni number I strongly encouraged her to get a weekend job so that I didn't have to keep forking out.

It did her the world of good and she was still able to fit in all her studying.

I had Saturday jobs at 16 but my DH does not want that to get in way of study as he expects him to say -"I've been working all day - I need Sunday off!"
I was thinking around £80 a month - my son goes into yr 12 in Sept and we have been giving money casually up till now. Budgeting is probably necessary pre-uni. We don't want him blowing his budget then.

We don't give any money to our three... they all have/had to earn it. At first this was jobs around the house - washing the car, mowing the lawn etc, then babysitting and finally paid employment in holidays. My eldest is at Uni now and has remained independent through his first long summer holiday. He's working to pay his rent and saving a bit to fund a holiday at the end. He's been the first to say 'thank you' for being so tough on him when he was younger. He's now much more self sufficient and has a much greater appreciation of the value of money.