Charging teens rent....

ACG

My mum took rent off me. £30 a week I was paying and that was around 15 years ago,I was earning about £200 a week at the time - I dont know why you would even be thinking it is a problem.

My little broker pays £30 a week now to my dad and he is earning about a grand a month. My mum would have been calling it £50 a week if I was earning a grand a month.

Charge it. If you did not need it, you could be putting it aside for them in the future but it sounds like you do need it so do not feel bad about it. Food, how water, their electricity bill - it all needs paying for.

theartfullodger

Just move & don't tell them your new address.

trphil

LilElvis wrote: »

So, even though they will be adults you intend to continue treating them as children? Why not give them the choice - save towards their future home and live at home rent free or do what they want with their money and pay you board.

Not at all, I don't need the money but they need to get used to paying their way. They won't know that they have "extra" deposit until such time as they tell me they're buying a house. When my wife and I bought our house my wife's grandparents gave us £1000 towards the deposit, it was much appreciated.

lincroft1710

When I started working as a teenager, 50 years ago, paid parents rent. It was only fair to contribute towards household bills and running costs

lookstraightahead

Absolutely they should pay.

Just like they have to learn to eat with a knife and fork.

It's doing them a disservice not to.

Everyone is always someone's 'child'. Where is the cut off point for independence? At 18 you are an ADULT.

At £22000 you can rent your own place

lookstraightahead

trphil wrote: »

When each of my children have a "proper" full-time job I will start charging them board and keep but will put the money aside (without telling them) rather than just spend it and then return it to them when they need money towards house deposits.

So you're not only going to feed adults for nothing you are also going to save for them in case they don't bother. Maybe they'll never leave home with such a lucky lottery win.

trphil

lookstraightahead wrote: »

So you're not only going to feed adults for nothing you are also going to save for them in case they don't bother. Maybe they'll never leave home with such a lucky lottery win.

How will they know that they have a "lucky lottery win"? All they'll know is that they are paying roughly the same board and keep as their mates who still live at home. Besides, I see no reason why I shouldn't help my children out. My parents stopped charging me board and keep as did my mother in law with my wife for the two years we owned our house before moving in when we got married.

Monkeysocks42

My son paid £200 a month and £33 a month towards a cleaner because he didn't want to clean. He paid for his phone, car, extra food outside of the standard 3 meals and his own clothes. I set it more as a token contribution so he could appreciate that things aren't free in life but allowed him to continue to save for his own place. He moved out in December having purchased his first flat at 23.

SallyDucati

When I was 16 (too long ago!) I started a training course that I got an allowance for. As my Mum lost the Child Benefit she asked that I paid her that amount which was half what I as getting.

I was the only one on the course asked to do that, but I didn't mind. In fact it made me feel a bit more grown up! I knew it didn't cover everything but helped Mum.

I see nothing wrong with your daughter paying something if she is earning,

Flim

As soon as I started earning I started paying...I seem to remember it was about 1/3rd of my earnings...(at the time £5 out of £15...)...