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TOPIC: Pocket money or allowance

Pocket money or allowance 4 years ago #67

  • Anonymous
Giving pocket money to young kids always seemed such a joy - I could make them as happy as anything with an amount that wouldn't be missed in my wallet. But now that they are teenagers it seems to have become a big problem. It's never enough and I'm "so unreasonable".

I know there's no right answer to how much they should get and comparisons are nearly always unhelpful. But got any ideas to make it less painful?

Some people say givethem an allowance rather than pocket money, but how would that help?

Re: Pocket money or allowance 4 years ago #74

  • AMuse
Hi Pablo,

I'm asuming my kids are too young to start pocket money (oldest is 4), when did you start with yours?

Re: Pocket money or allowance 4 years ago #77

  • king_t
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And what's the going rate? I was recently shocked to discover that the "tooth fairy" rate(*) is £1 :shock: I dread to think what pocket money costs ...

(*) Actually we don't do the whole tooth fairy thing, but we do do the money.

Re: Pocket money or allowance 4 years ago #88

  • Anonymous
Usual info available on www.moneystuff.co.uk We are currently paying less than the average for 2001 - maybe the kids are right - we are sooo mean

Re: Pocket money or allowance 4 years ago #101

  • batman
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So when did you start?

Re: Pocket money or allowance 4 years ago #105

  • Anonymous
At 6 and a half (because it was right after Xmas and he asked) with the first one and then we were stuck with it for the others!
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