How much should parents contribute financially?

chardonnay_2

for the poster with her kids living at home who want 500 quid... tell them to get notted. you give them lodging. do you pay all the utilities, do you do their washing, ironing, cleaning bathroom & living areas, make their food and do their dishes etc?

i couldn't believe when i met college kids who expected their mums and dads to pay for them to go away to uni. i know some of you feel guilty about the fees but don't support them to a point where you are in poverty, like someone posted they will have no savings for pension. if they want to go to uni so badly get them into a part time job as soon as possible and get them to save for uni. they could also attend a uni nearer home to save costs if possible.

those paying travel expenses ... in scotland we get to claim back travel expenses, is this not the case in england?

Oldernotwiser

chardonnay wrote: »

those paying travel expenses ... in scotland we get to claim back travel expenses, is this not the case in england?

Not any more, but the maintenance funding is more generous here.

mintymoneysaver

my daughter will (hopefully) be going to uni next year. She will be getting a tuition fee loan, but we have ( fortunately) been in a share scheme at other half's work since she was born where money was taken out before he even got to see it. This was always supposed to be her 'university fund' but won't cover the huge hike in tuition fees next year so our plan is to pay her rent with it instead and then give her a 'fair' amount of spending money. We won't get any grants or bursaries ( just over the cut off point) but hopefully she will be able to transfer her current part time job in McDonalds to wherever she goes. I would love her to leave uni with 'only' her tuition fee loan, but I also want her to realise that she will have to budget etc. I'm probably thinking about £40 a week, does that sound realistic?

silvercar

£40 a week for food, utilities, travel, books, personal stuff, clothes and socialising? Depends how much she is also earning. Doubt its enough on its own.

Oldernotwiser

£40 pw is more than generous if you're also paying her rent, particularly as she'll be working and could take out the maintenance loan if she needs it.

silvercar

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

£40 pw is more than generous if you're also paying her rent, particularly as she'll be working and could take out the maintenance loan if she needs it.

I was saying that £40 a week won't cover all essentials excluding rent, not that it wasn't a generous contribution in itself.

Lokolo

silvercar wrote: »

I was saying that £40 a week won't cover all essentials excluding rent, not that it wasn't a generous contribution in itself.

Yes it does. Well it does for me.

Oldernotwiser

silvercar wrote: »

I was saying that £40 a week won't cover all essentials excluding rent, not that it wasn't a generous contribution in itself.

It's only £10 less than someone of the same age would get from JSA and they aren't able to earn more on top.

silvercar

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

It's only £10 less than someone of the same age would get from JSA and they aren't able to earn more on top.

Someone on JSA wouldn't need to fund travel costs to uni or course materials.