Allowance for 16 year old, what do you pay?

[cathyandclaire]

DD will be 16 soon, she has an allowance for clothes, make-up, cinema etc of £35 a month. But we find that for friend's presents, dinners out for birthdays, trips etc etc etc we are forever supplementing it.
So it's not really teaching her to manage her money. Was wondering about giving an allowance to cover EVERYTHING including school lunches, so she has time to learn to budget before she goes to college and has to live on toast for weeks on end.
How much is reasonable? What do you pay?
Not keen on her having a job until exams are over....

[Orangettes]

Adding it up dd (15) gets about £80/month - phone, going out, clothes, does not include basic toiletries , it's not on the basis of particular tasks but there is an expectation that she contributes when asked.

[Allthebestnamesareused]

D'S 16 gets £40 a month from us but he works as a lifeguard and does 2 shifts approximately 11.5 hours a week which he will cut down over gcses and increase in school hols. He earns £8.50 an hour doing this and has bought his own Reading Festival ticket too.