How much money do you give to your 16 year old per week?

[Pinkelephant2025]

My daughter is complaining I don’t give her enough money. I send her over money a lot and feel this is unfair. How much is reasonable to give a 16 year old per week?

When DD turned 16 I started to give her £25 per week - to cover any personal expenses, school lunches, etc.

I still covered some clothes, phone & other expenses. She also got a PT job from age 15 & enjoyes earning & spending her own ££

Its worked well & she started to make her lunch more often

£20 per week for fun money but put £5 a day for lunch on card and pay for SIM card. I also pay for a couple of cinema or ice skating trips each month which they do with friends. Meeting up for a McDonald's they pay for themselves. They have the option to do a few jobs to earn extra cutting the grass or vacuuming the stairs, a job I hate.

Wow that’s really impressive. I have one whose room is a pit of doom as well. DS is not very talkative but I think being a waiter would be good for him.

£0 - It may sound draconian but I think not giving them money is the best life lesson: if you want ££, you have to work for it.
Also, I think DCs should help around the house but I don't tie that to pocket money b/c the 'reward' for chores is doing them: clean clothes, tidy house, etc.

As per some others, I pay for what they need: food, transport, uniform, basic clothes, phone contract, music/dance lessons.

DD19 works at the local and earns well. She started at the pub shortly after turning 16 and doesn't often ask for ££.
When she's at university and thus not working, I give her £50/week for food but she pays for everything else: clothes, subs, socialising, phone. Her GPs give her some spending money each term.

DD16 has done some very lucrative cat-sitting and I will encourage her to sign on at the local now that she's 16.

£180 per months and I also pay for gym and club membership. He has just got a job but I will continue to give him this until he is 18 .

Not 16 anymore but nothing.
if going out with friends then gave money for that, if needed clothes then gave me a budget and I’d give him that (once in a blue moon). I didn’t want them to think they were entitled to a regular allowance without working.

its worked well for us, they are very considerate and conscientious.

I'm ancient now, but my DP used to give me an allowance every three months. Now that taught me about budgeting!

Ds gets £50 a month from me, not sure what his dad gives him. I pay for school lunches, haircuts, his gym membership, clothes, phone. He's applied to absolutely loads of weekend jobs but never hears back.

I give mine 100 pounds a month but she also has a job at the weekends and she earns roughly 300 pounds a month, which she saves. We pay for her phone, sports stuff, etc but she does save a lot and I am hoping the savings will go towards university/her future eventually.

At that age DD had a part time job and then I gave her bus money and paid for her phone as its a family package. She actually wanted contacts and I said as she had a job she could pay for them. I was willing still buy her glasses as she needs them.

I also still bought her estial close and toiletries anything ontop of that I expected her to pay for.

£14 a week, but I pay for her phone (£10 a month) and also buy her clothes from time to time - mostly off Vinted as that's what she likes. She did work a 4 hour shift a week in the local pub for £22 a time for about 18 months, but the new landlord has moved to only employing over 18s, which is a huge shame - half the under 30s in the village have worked there washing pots, then waiting and serving pints, over the past 15 years.

My dd got £10 a week at that age, she needed to get a job if she wanted more.

£25 a week, plus we pay for gym, phone. We buy all the clothes, shoes, toiletries that she needs, pay for hair appointments and occasional nail appointments, and she buys the rest (food when out, trains, more expensive skincare etc). We are fairly generous from what I can gather compared to her peers, but we can afford it as she's our only. She's just finishing GCSEs and will be looking for a part time job.