How much money do you give your teens?

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Do they get weekly/monthly pocket money, if so how much.
And in the hols, do you give them extra?

Dd's (13) friends always seem to have a few quid each time they go out. Usually Sat/Sun and more in the holidays.. they spend it on bus/trains/drinks/lunch if they go round the shops, then more for the odd film/bowling if they go out at night.

Once the Christmas/birthday money runs out, this is hard to keep up.

So please, will you share your teen money stories

We give our 13 yr old £5 each Friday, and he might get some in the week, but not often. If he wanted to go to the cinema at the weekend, we might pay for that. Our 13 yr old also gets £10 in cash each month from his nana. We also top-up the credit on our son's phone.
Our 13 yr old lost the phone which I bought him in Nov. So he's having to save up to buy himself a new phone. Also, he lost his bike lights, front door key, etc., and so I'm insisting he replaces them himself, otherwise he wont learn to be more careful.
We now give our 7 and 5 year olds £3 a week - we put it straight into their money boxes and they tend to save it, occasionally taking the odd £1 out for when they go to the shops. Both are saving for a DS game right now.

We also pay for weekly swimming club, karate, football lessons and any items needed for those things.

Fab thread. Really useful. Thanks, folks.

My eldest DS is about to go to secondary school and has been asking if he can have an allowance; but we want him to learn to budget as well. Have now got some idea of what is appropriate in terms of allowance and expectations...

I give ds (15) £20 a month. Of course this is not enough although he does not go out much. I also give him lunch money for school. He mostly spends money on gaming and mags so reluctant to give more. Occassionally if desperate he will do some chores for extra. He is also keen to earn his own money ina proper job as soon as he is 16 which I think is a great thing and another reason not to give him any more.

kentmum that is a great formula. You should patent it

dd1 - 15 gets nowt! She has a Saturday job and earns £80 to £100 a month. On top of this she babysits so can earn an additional £20 to £30 a month. She pays for her mobile contract and most of her clothes and makeup. I buy her toiletries and help her out with essential clothes if she needs it (is not often) and pay for horseriding lessons. She is expected to keep her room tidy, clean up after herself and help me out with any other chores if I need her to.

dd2 - 14 gets £20 a month. She earns this for doing the washing and keeping the kitchen tidy, on top of keeping her room tidy and tidying up her own mess. She pays towards her mobile top up out of this and also for cinema trips etc. She also buys some of her clothes. We buy extra clothing, toiletries and pay for her dancing and riding lessons and everything else.

They are both pretty good at budgeting I have to say.