re: Do you give your HS child(ren) an allowance?

I find it interesting many on here think an allowance is ridiculous but just paying for things in reason is not.

I'm not doing a good job of it, but I try to show my kids at least how much things are. I routinely force them to buy their own meals, clothes, etc with a budget.

My middle kid is great, my other two are not. My oldest is the best student and she is the worst with money. Well, she just likes to spend.

The only benefit is she wants to have a good career so she doesn't have to rely on a spouse.

I may consider moving to bi-monthly, every 2 weeks like a paycheck. This thread makes me realize the real point is to make them balance their money and maybe spending it all in a day or 3 and having to wait 10 days wouldn't be the worst idea.

Daughter received $100/week when she started driving at 16. She was responsible for vehicle payment ("bought" my old vehicle at a deeply discounted price ~120/mo), fuel and maintenance cost. Anything she earned from her part time job was hers to save or spend - but she had to manage her money and prepare for the unknows with vehicles. We paid car insurance. During her senior year of high school she had saved ~$10k and bought her own vehicle before college, we gave her all her money back she had paid for the original vehicle and took it back. Now if I can only get my son to be as responsible

Yes, a long as he played sports

As a hiring manager for my company, I was always suprised how few young people have jobs nowadays.

Surprisingly, the first job that most young people get is after they graduate from college.

I have good friends, who are OT Ballers, and they just gave their high school daughter a credit card with no oversight. The girl is out buying designer bags and shoes and shite. They just shrug it off and say they are glad they can afford it.

I feel sorry for the poor sap that marries her and is going to have to deal with that.

My oldest graduated last year. No allowance. We paid for shite here and there but she babysat a lot and made good money. I'm not buying you Allo, Lulu, etc or paying for you to go eat out with your friends.

Middle kid. Sophomore. She refs soccer games because its really the only thing she can do at 15 besides babysit. Same. She buys her own expensive stuff that she wants. We take care of the basics.

Last kid. 6th grade. He's the easiest but maybe the most expensive (travel baseball and soccer). But he does pick up dog poop and push mows our back yard twice a week during the summer. He also helps out anytime I need help around the house doing work. Hopefully next year he'll be cutting the whole yard with the riding mower.

I got my age x10 a month until I got to college, then about $500 a month in college. This was in the 2010’s

Parents were fine with it because I made great grades and played sports all the time. Grades got my college tuition paid for.

From reading this thread, I’m realizing that was on the upper end of

My oldest is 13 and while i dont give him an allowance, if he wants something ill give him some tasks he can complete to earn the money. Come to find out he doesnt want half of the silly shite he initially thought he did

That was my experience as well. Back in the day we were inundated with people in HS or college wanting PT jobs but over the next 30 years or so that mostly went away. Now seems like most (or as least alot more than in the past) people don't hold down a steady job until after college, which is probably a big reason so many of them have no work ethic or idea how to behave in a work environment.

Never gave either of my kids an allowance, ever, at any age. My son started mowing yards for someone neighbors around 10 or 11 and my daughter did babysitting. Once they were older and in high school they both got part time retail type jobs.

Wasn’t going to pay them to do chores around the house. Chores was just part of the deal. You want a roof over your head and hot food in your belly, well then you are going to help out around the house.