Help!! Teenager spending £10 per day!

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Mental_Mentor wrote: »

Hi

Thanks for your replies. He is using EMA from college to top up then borrowing money for bus fares and lunch! Should I make him walk 13 miles & buy his own lunch - maybe am soft?

He's being a complete muppet! Orange, as others have said, offer £1 a day unlimited browsing (which is still too much!). T-Mobile offer Web&Walk, which is unlimited internet access for £7.50 a month. What's wrong with him? Shouldn't he be spending his EMA on going out, drinking, and things normal 16 year olds do...

Alec_Eiffel_2

Tell him to switch to T-Mobile or Vodafone. They cap PAYG internet at £1 per day.

Jazzyjeff_2

As others have dealt with the irresponsible behaviour, a solution could be to get a 'three' contract from only £15 a month and msn messenger is completely free to use and data packs for the internet are only £2.50 for 10mb or £5 a month unlimited per month.

varybarry

There are plenty of affordable plans that have been mentioned, but I would make it very clear that he is not to use his phone for such activity as it is expensive. Block the application and monitor his spending further.

tr3mor

£3650 a year on MSN? Give him a good slap!

Firefly

Teach him the benefits of being a moneysavingexpert and look around together at cheaper options to achieve the same aim. If he's got time to go on his contract, then work with him to decide how cost effective changing now, as opposed to later, will be.

I know from my own experiences how hard it is to teach young people the value of money these days, but his EMA should be for lunch and busfare, NOT msn'ing your mates! I think I might be inclined to let him walk for a few days whilst it is still light. Also, buying lunch is never cost-effective!

Good luck with your challenge.

donny-gal

You are going to have to be cruel to be kind.

Give him a packed lunch an a bus pass, if he wants any cash then he'd better find a job. He will never realise that money does not grow on treees, and keep coming to you to sub him out for years to come.

Talk to the mobile phone companies and get him a PAYG phone limited to your number only so he can call home if he needs to, and learn how to manage without he rest.

Sorry yes you are being taken for a mug.

Hope you can find a solutions.
DG