paying keep

[stickydate65]

Any thoughts on what is a reasonable amount to charge a young person for their 'keep'. DS has just started proper work. We want to charge him something so he realises he has some financial responsibilities but don't want to go OTT. Plan is to save this for his future for a deposit for rent/mortgage when the time comes, although he doesn't know this! What do other people charge as a % of their DC's earnings?

Well! I will most definitely expect 33% of my Dc's income and yes! they will do their fair share in the house.

My son gives me £25 a week for his keep and he pays the phone bill as he wanted unlimited high speed wifi. It works out about 1/3 of the income he has, he works part time and goes to college, occasionally i will give him the money back if he needs to buy something for college, I am unemployed at the moment, ifi could afford it i wouldn't charge him while he was at college but i cant afford to feed him on my JSA.

My niece went back to live with her folks after uni because she wanted to save for a round the world trip.

They charged her £250 a month I think, and saved it.

Niece wanted to go on trip with best friend who was still a student with no money so she worked long enough to be able to fund friends trip too. Friend has promised to pay her back.

Took a long time, two or three years, but once she'd reached her target amount her parents gave her all her board money back. She had proved she could work, pay her way and save.

They could afford to do that though, not everyone can.

Thank you for all your useful contributions! We've had a family discussion and agreed on 15% (which I intend to try and save for him, family circumstances permitting! but he doesn't know that!) He pays his own phone bill and car bills etc. and often cooks for himself and his sisters anyway, food of their choice (providing it's in the cupboard/freezer!) as DH and I both work shifts. He's always happy to drop his sisters places if we're not home and the grandparents also, so we have always worked as a team! Only way to survive family life with two working parents in my eyes! To be fair to him, he hardly ever goes out to spend remainder of wages anyway! Wish he would go out more :/ but that's another thread for another time. :D

That sounds like a good and fair scheme stickydate65.

I only left home six months ago. My mum charged me £50 a month and I also paid £25/week towards driving lessons and around £40 a month in petrol for my car. I was only working part-time and brought home around £500 a month.