Pocketmoney Discussion Thread

VK-2008

i would say maybe 10 a week and that would do them each and when 16 they are old enough to work or even younger they can do a paper round

i started gettin pocket money at 10 and got fiver a week but i started getting tenner as i got older, tho i stoped getin pocket momey when 14 as i started working i done paper rounds and avon then when nearly 15 i started working in family business doing cleaning and earning my keep on a sat and got 20 pounds then as i got older i got paid more

cazarol

Am just after some advice on pocket money. How much do todays kids get, my two are 12 and 16 and what do they have to do in exchange. Both me and my husband work full time and seem to have a never ending battle on getting help around the house etc.
All advice/comments gratefully received.

Titch89

It got raised as I got older. For me, it was mainly helping with washing up.

skylight

Mine have none. Harsh perhaps, but 14yo has a paper round so she gets what she wants with that. Anything important (personal toiletries/school stuff etc) I buy - unless its the expensive stuff then I make her top it up.

For things like washing up etc I tend to put some credit on her phone every 2 weeks though, so I am not all a mean mummy!

MoneySavingStudent_2

For us,
My mum ran a hairdressing shop. And she needed help with just sweeping up, and we could do that from the age of 6! lol We use to get really board sat in the back room on a saturday, so mum use to make it in to a 'game' and as she cut the hair we had to tidy everything up really quick before the next person came in, who ever did it quickest was the winner!

We use to be looked upon as mummys little helpers and use to get 50p and £1 from the customers because we were such good girls, then mum use to give us £5 if we helped her on a saturday morning.

Then we got older and continued to help her, but we became saturday girls, so my sister would work one saturday and i would work another. alternate etc. Worked really well and i was happy with just £5 right up until she closed the shop when i was 16. Then it was up to me to make my own money.

So i got a debit account, (which ever was best at the time) and i washed my mums car to get about £5 for the inside and £5 for the outside, then i took the money put it into my debit account and used the money to pay for ebay fee, i sold my old stuff and some of my mums old stuff (yes she did know) and i earn about £50 just by selling my old clothes.

Right little earner me! 100% positive feedback too!

oystercatcher

My boys get £50 a month by direct debit, they are 16 and 17 now. When the little one was 12 which is about when I started doing the monthly thing he got £30 I think as he didn't need to spend as much. This covers all their going out money and things like computer games CD's any sweets or stuff they may want Occaisionally they even buy themselves a school dinner when they haven't been bothered to make sandwiches at home, since I provide food at home this is considered their choice so they pay for it!. I buy their clothes although one of the boys buys some of his own T-shirts if he wants special ones with his music bands on etc. The 17 year old also gets a seperate petrol allowance for his moped which he needs to get to school, he pays for his own non-school mileage.
In return they are expected to help when asked, things like laying the table emptying the dishwasher the odd bit of vacuuming, walking the dogs when I am tired/busy, not a great deal. If they are particularly badly behaved then I threaten to stop their money but haven't actually had to as they are pretty good overall. I put it to them that as they get older they should be responsible, no-one enjoys doing these tasks but it's part of life I am not their slave any more than they are my slaves and I help them , with lifts etc, when I can . If they are particularly busy with homework or exams then they are let off chores the same as I can't cook when I am at work, I work shifts and often they prepare family meals
I am training them to do their own washing by asking if their basket is full ....Ok then bring it down and pop it in the machine on this cycle and temp.
So eventually I hope they will be totally self caring and ready to leave home !!!!!

Oystercatcher

RustyFlange

Oystercatcher I have recently seen a fair amount of your posts and you seem very wise infact I wish you was my parent ... how much pocket money would I get? I am 26 and house trained/washing trained/dishwasher trained etc ... however I hate ironing! lol

We used to get approx £7 a week but in that we had to do a chore every weekday, silly things like doing the dishwasher, vacing etc

MoneySavingStudent_2

RustyFlange wrote: »

Oystercatcher I have recently seen a fair amount of your posts and you seem very wise infact I wish you was my parent ... how much pocket money would I get? I am 26 and house trained/washing trained/dishwasher trained etc ... however I hate ironing! lol

We used to get approx £7 a week but in that we had to do a chore every weekday, silly things like doing the dishwasher, vacing etc

Ooo!!!! Oystercatcher!! Im almost 19!! Im all the above and i dont mind ironing! and i like folding things and im a neat freak and good with the hoover!! Can u adopt me?!! Take me instead!!
:j

webitha

my eldest is 9 so luckily mine dont need spends yet,
i will put money into a bank account for them to learn how to budget when they are 11 and in high school, but then i will stop when they 14 and can get a paper round

but i will refuse point blank to pay my kids to do chores in their own home, they live there too and so contribute to the mess for free, they can contribute to keeping it clean for free :D:D

RustyFlange

MoneySavingStudent wrote: »

Ooo!!!! Oystercatcher!! Im almost 19!! Im all the above and i dont mind ironing! and i like folding things and im a neat freak and good with the hoover!! Can u adopt me?!! Take me instead!!
:j

:eek: How unfair lol I said I hate ironing but I still do it ... I iron 2 mahoosive piles a week! The joys of looking after the other half and 2 kiddies!
Don't take her ... she is too young take me :rotfl: