so you save kid's child benefit money?

frugallass

the £75 CB money goes into the current account where our salaries are also paid into and is used up with all the direct debits / shopping etc

DD gets £23 (CSA money from ex) spending money a week and out of that she buys her toiletries, make-up, days out with friends and and birthday/christmas gifts etc

I buy her school clothes and casual clothes, shoes and school lunches

Loopy_Girl

claire1234 wrote: »

obiously the mother claims the child benefit but none of this goes on the kids as they do not get pocket money from her nor treats etc

Maybe she just uses it for day to day living and bills. So essentially it is going on the kids.

I don't give my daughter pocket money as she gets that from her grandparents. I maybe use my CB to pay a bill but then later in the week she gets taken to the cinema. I don't demand the money from her as 'it's my money'. It's all swings and roundabouts really.

Until you live in a household I don't think it's fair to pass comment on how someone else runs their budget.

frugallass

claire1234 wrote: »

obiously the mother claims the child benefit but none of this goes on the kids as they do not get pocket money from her nor treats etc, at christmas they get £100 each.

i think when/if i have children i will possibly save half use half for essentials.

Is it written down anywhere that child benefit should be used for treats and pocket money? No, I didn't think so.

Maybe she saves half and uses half for essentials

Loopy_Girl

frugallass wrote: »

Is it written down anywhere that child benefit should be used for treats and pocket money? No, I didn't think so.

Maybe she saves half and uses half for essentials

Maybe indeed!;)

Do you remember before you had kids and had ideas how things were going to work....and they never actually did as reality bites and you have to take the rose tinted glasses off?!!!

misspenny

it goes into my account along with salery and a tiny bit of child tax credit, oh is usually the one questioning me on what ive done with it, usually is spent on keeping our toddler in shoes and clothes as he grows so quickly

frugallass

Loopy_Girl wrote: »

Maybe indeed!;)

Do you remember before you had kids and had ideas how things were going to work....and they never actually did as reality bites and you have to take the rose tinted glasses off?!!!

I remember those days well

(I will have a brand new range rover one day though)

dora37

We pay ours into an account through Coventry BS, where if you have Child Benefit paid into it directly, the interest on the account is higher.

vixarooni

Kitikat wrote: »

I am fortunate enough to have been able to put our cb away in the hope that it will see them through university without having to spend too much time trying to make ends meet by working.

That will buy a load of booze!

welshnoonoo

My older 2 get theirs in pocket money. I spend the rest on things like clothes, trips, b'days etc!

One way or another it gets spent on the kids - everything does!!! lol!

liney

£20 per month goes in his bank acount, and the rest is in the pot which pays for a magazine subscription, his clothes, toys, Christmas, Birthdays, outings... infact there is no way his CB covers everything he has so perhaps i'll start charging him rent..... anyone want a 4 year old chimney sweep?