ADVICE for my Son - AS I am moving away

Davesnave

cclem345 wrote: »

So you can't have a life and a bit of responsibility for your family at the same time?

Yes, I puzzled over that one too!

It's true, however, the way society works now, means most young people don't enter full independent adulthood until much later than they did in the past.

For example, by age 19 I was sharing a house in London with 4 others; all of us paying for it without any state support whatever.

I'm pretty sure one or two of my friends from school who'd left at 16 and gone to work in banks were also buying their first homes at that time, or very soon after.

Red-Squirrel_2

Davesnave wrote: »

Yes, I puzzled over that one too!

It's true, however, the way society works now, means most young people don't enter full independent adulthood until much later than they did in the past.

For example, by age 19 I was sharing a house in London with 4 others; all of us paying for it without any state support whatever.

I'm pretty sure one or two of my friends from school who'd left at 16 and gone to work in banks were also buying their first homes at that time, or very soon after.

You aren't entitled to the NMW until 25 now.

Its criminal, really. I have no idea how it hasn't fallen foul of age discrimination laws.

Comms69

Red-Squirrel wrote: »

You aren't entitled to the NMW until 25 now.

Its criminal, really. I have no idea how it hasn't fallen foul of age discrimination laws.

Try again.


National LIVING wage is 25.

Silvertabby

At 19, OP's son is no longer a child. He's old enough to vote, drive, get married, fight (and die) for his Country, buy a beer, take out a contract, etc etc.

Twopints

fairy_lights wrote: »

Poor kid, you're tossing him out and think it's something to laugh about.
You could have got a lot of good advice on here but have it your way.

Did you mean a load of judgemental old twaddle? Certainly got that in abundance. :beer:

Twopints

Silvertabby wrote: »

At 19, OP's son is no longer a child. He's old enough to vote, drive, get married, fight (and die) for his Country, buy a beer, take out a contract, etc etc.

exactly - the same people slagging off the OP would usually be trotting out a line about "the youth of today"

Red-Squirrel_2

Comms69 wrote: »

Try again.


National LIVING wage is 25.

Same thing, just a rebrand.

It isn't actually a living wage as calculated by the living wage foundation, the government just borrowed the name to try and fool us.

Red-Squirrel_2

Silvertabby wrote: »

At 19, OP's son is no longer a child. He's old enough to vote, drive, get married, fight (and die) for his Country, buy a beer, take out a contract, etc etc.

Not old enough to have a right to earn the minimum wage though, sadly.

moneyistooshorttomention

Comms69 wrote: »

Try again.


National LIVING wage is 25.

It does get confusing, but there is the:
National Minimum Wage on the one hand
and the National Living Wage on the other hand.

The National Living Wage is higher than NMW.

The Government confuses the heck out of us all by continually calling the "National Minimum Wage" the "National Living Wage" and so one has to work out every time that something is called "NLW" whether it really is the NLW or whether it's the NMW.

Yep...(deliberately) confusing on the part of the Government.

EDIT; The real "National Living Wage" is see below:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_Wage_Foundation

and is currently £8.45 outside London and £9.75 in London per hour and there doesnt seem to be any ageism in the set rate.

fairy_lights

Twopints wrote: »

Did you mean a load of judgemental old twaddle? Certainly got that in abundance. :beer:

Err, no - I meant good advice. There are many posters on here who are very knowledgeable about benefits, funding for students, and posters who may have been through similar situations themselves. There's a wealth of knowledge on these boards and if OP have given a few more details and been willing to engage she could have got a lot of help, but instead she chose to throw her toys out of the pram because she got a bit of justified criticism.