Money Moral Dilemma: Should we increase our son's pocket money?

sulphate

WibblyGirly wrote: »

I'm going to come at this slightly differently, Lets assume he's at school 6 hours a day so 30 hours a week. Has 2 hours of homework/revision each night so hes already at a 40hours week. Then he gets a part time job which could be 6 or 8 hours on sat/sun. Do people think its acceptable that a 15/16 year old has a near 50 hour work weeks? Thats probably more than his parents do if they both work full time.
I'm at uni, work part time and do volunteer work to gain relevant work exp and I struggle, I haven't had a day off for a month now and I'm knackered. I'm 27 though and can probably handle it better than a child can.
I'd advise offering extra for jobs around the house and then once his GCSEs are done to get a part time job. I had one at college and my college hours were less than high school (Day off in the week and a half day off)

I agree with this and also the posts which highlight that a 15 year old will find it difficult to get work.

I also think that those saying that they worked x amount of hours a week from when they were 13 and still managed to get all As have a poor argument. Some young people may be able to do that and still achieve very good grades but the less academically able may need to study longer hours to achieve good results.