Pocket money

[littlebillie]

Just wondering what levels of pocket money at 16 and 17? Both mine are struggling to find work post pandemic and wondering how much is reasonable? I pay for everything right now and I think they need to budget

At that age mine had £16 then £17 per month.
If they wanted to spend more, then they worked and earned more.

But they had been used to having pocket money since they were 7 years old

You get HUGELY varying answers on here every time this is asked. Some don't believe teens can survive on so little and others are stunned at quite how much others give them.
Some parents pay for other things separately (say their phone contract) and others include that as something the teens pay for out of their own money. Some already have a bus or train pass (for school) they can use, or some can walk to places, whereas others might have to pay our for transport to get places, on top of their spending money. Some teens of that age belong to things that parents still play subs for (sports teams or Cadets etc) but other don't.

However, whatever you decide on, you need to stick to the amount if you want to help them learn to budget. Have they not had pocket money before ?

My 15 year old thinks it grows out the woodwork! 🙈 He gets £20 pocket money at the weekend. I’ve just started giving him a monthly clothing allowance too but then he’ll say can you put money from my savings into my card?? He does not understand the idea of managing what he gets and what savings are. They’re his but trying to get him to think about the daft they once it’s gone it’s gone is proving very difficult

My daughter is only 14 so no job yet, we used to pay her £10 a month however it was becoming clear that she wanted more and we dont often just "buy" her things unless its for her birthday or Christmas so we agreed to give her 20 a month of she did more chores around the house such as cleaning the bathroom weekly and emptying the dishwasher most days, she still finds a way to spend it all without saving though

My daughter is 17 and get £40 per month: that's for pretty much anything: clothes, snacks / foodetc when out with friends, toiletries, make up, presents for friends birthdays etc. I paid her another £20 extra when all shops opened up recently as she got a bit over excited but that was my choice. She's not working except for a weekend charity shop but that's unpaid. She's cleaning her room and bathroom every week but otherwise don't really do any chores, but she does spend pretty much her entire time at home revising or studying so I rather her do that to be honest.

My dd is a bit older (18) and gets £70/month. To include clothes and any other non essentials. We pay for her phone and anything school related.

I used to get £40 a week nearly 20 years ago, on top of whatever my pt job paid. I did have to pay for clothes, my phone, petrol for my car (Parents covered 1st year insurance and bought my first banger of a car) and maintenance, and obviously my socialising.

God, those were the days - I had a blast 😂

DD2 will be on something like £75 per month provided she starts college. It will cover discretionary spending and college lunches. But not travel or clothes or basic toiletries. We will also cover cost of learning to drive.

Give her the children's benefit?