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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?

Hi Pablo,

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

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.

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

So when did you start?

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!