Pocket money survey

[Doseone]

We give our 13 year old daughter £15 a month pocket money, but she moans that that's not enough.

How much do you give yours?

 

[phil_hg_uk]

I am not surprised have you seen the price of fags & booze these days









only kidding

 

[Mattonsea]

My three boys do chores for pocket money, seems to work .

 

[Biker Joe]

My kids have all grown up now but I would give a girl that age £10 a week and encouragement to save a bit. I used to give my kids a savings jar for loose change. Worked quite well.

 

[MontyVeda]

when i was just leaving school in 1985 i got £2 a week pocket money. I didn't grumble. My best mate at the time got a tenner a week and he did grumble! He now complains that his eldest is constantly moaning that 'he doesn't get enough' in spite of the fact his dad pays for the tax & insurance on his moped, pays his mobile phone contract and gives him a weekly allowance.

It seems the more they get given, the more they expect to be given.

If she wants more... she should earn it.

 

[DCLane]

@Doseone - my 13yo gets £5 a week into his bank account, which he never seems to spend.

The 9yo gets £1 a week, which will rise to £5 when he starts secondary school.

 

[cd365]

My daughter used to get £5 cash a week and a £20 a month mobile phone contract

 

[Sara_H]

My 10 yr old gets 55p per school day. He has to do a few jobs and be a good boy to get it. He's not at age where he needs money to go out independantly yet. Time spent with mates is just playing out or in the park.

 

[lee1980sim]

Depends what she's doing for the money I got nothing unless I did chores which basically included everything to do with a house & garden, and to top it up I had a paper round

 

[oldfatfool]

Mine is 17 now, think he gets about £10 a week off his grandparents, and as for some time. From us he gets another £10 - £15 a week for his bus fares to college £15 mobile phone contract and his driving lessons. Oh and about £20 a week in petrol ferrying him around to his GF's.

 

[jayonabike]

We pay our 13 yr olds mobile phone bill at £15 a month, his membership to the skate/bmx park (where he spends most of his spare time) at £31 a month and every weekend give him £10 to spend on a meal/drinks at the skate park. He saves any change he has and uses it during the week for whatever.

 

[tadpole]

14 year old daughter gets £35 per month + mobile phone contract ( £8 per month 100m 5000text 512mb data) + dance £33 per term but she has a list of 35 chores she has to do per week. and keep up her school grade, or pocket money is stopped.

 

[Crackle]

We give our 13 year old daughter £15 a month pocket money, but she moans that that's not enough.

How much do you give yours?

Not quite double, plus phone, plus climbing membership, plus lifts......................................................................14 year for old for sale, quite independent.......cheap to run..........

 

[numbnuts]

WoW haven't times changed, I never got pocket money, the only time I had money was when I was 14 and did a paper round at 12/6p per week

 

[ScotiaLass]

My son has just turned 13.
He doesn't get pocket money as such, but we buy him his weekly comic and some sweets (probably around £5 per week). His dad sorts out his mobile phone at £10 a month.
If he helps around the house/keeps his room tidy etc, then he will get (for example) a new game for his PS3.
He usually knows what he wants and how much it costs, so will work towards getting it, which can take a month, depending on the cost.

As an aside, I used to have to wash my dad's two cars for pocket money....two massive Ford Zephers lol
edited to add that then, that amounted to 50p