How much allowance / pocket money for a 15 year old?

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DD is 15 and hasn't got time for a weekend job. At the moment I just buy what she needs, clothes, makeup, books etc and give her money if she's going out with friends. But I'd like her to have more financial freedom and maybe start a monthly allowance. Does anyone else do this? Please tell me how much you give to your teens.

Mine gets a flat rate of £20 a month. I buy all clothes, toiletries, bus pass and pay for his phone. He has the opportunity earn extra, either through extra chores or working for me (I have a business). He also earns from a band he's in. He's keen on studies so I'm not pushing him to get a job that takes up his whole weekends when he earns from the band and that is enough. He never asks for anything on top.

I give my daughter £50 a month, pay her phone bill and buy clothes etc so she only really pays for socialising/snacks on a weekend

Why at the age of 16 does your DD ‘need’ to buy all of her own clothes? If you had a cleaner you obviously have a decent disposable income. Chores are one thing but expecting her to clean the whole house is just ridiculous

£124 a month. This covers:
Clothes, apart from coats, school uniform etc
Food when they're out
Presents/gifts
Gadgets
Savings
Toiletries other than the bog standard
Takeaways (other than one every 1-2 weeks that we buy.

They have a free travel pass, we pay for their phone contract.

My 15 year old gets £20 a week. We buy her clothes, phone etc so she saves most of it.

I was giving mine £50 5 years ago when youngest turned 18 so £60 seems about right depending on what it has to cover

DS is 15 and we pay him £8 per hour to help in our very large garden. His main jobs are mowing, pruning and shredding which he enjoys. He also cleans the car. He's not so keen on weeding sadly. He only spends money on computer games so probably only wants about £20 a month. We still buy his clothes - he is very low maintenance - and pay for his phone which is about £10 a month. At his age my DD had a Saturday job and we paid for essential clothes and phone.

25 a month. DS just turned 15, has just got a job so I will probably stop the allowance soon. I did it with DD. They only work about 5 hours on a Saturday. But I probably do sub them if needed. They do buy own clothes but we pay for 'basics' they buy the posh (expensive brands)! We also pay for phone bill.

My DS gets £25 a month and I pay his phone bill.

He can earn more for chores. I buy his clothes toiletries etc.

Depends what your pocket money will need to include..

If it’s just treats and meeting mates then £50-£60 a month.

If it’s for things like clothing, toiletries, school lunch, bus fare, phone bill then more like £100 a month.

My daughter is 12, gets £40 a month and we cover all her clothing, toiletries, phone bill etc. Her £40 is just for bits and bobs and meeting mates.

My DSS (17yo) gets £60/month, however he does the dishes the 4 nights/week he stays with us. He's also fab if we ask him to do anything else - hoover, take rubbish out etc.
we've spoke to him about getting a job when he's 18 (3 weeks) as we've said pocket money stops (we won't stop money unless he gets a job, but had to throw in the incentive to look for one as he's about to finish school)