What age to stop Pocket Money ?

I stopped getting pocket money at the age of 14. This said, my parents still gave me "dinner money" or the odd fiver to goto the cinema. At 16 i got a part time job at safeways working on the weekends, earning circa £300 a month to do with what i please. On the other hand my sister is 17, still in full time education and still getting pocket money. I may be biased but i feel as a result of this she is overweight, come house drunk every other night and smokes (Supprisingly her pocket money is stopping). Kids these days are under a lot of peir pressure, and if they have money burning a whole in there pocket it makes it that much worse.

I think pocket money should defo be stopped by the age of 16. Your child is legally allowed to get a job, so why shouldnt they. All this malarky about not having time to study is bull, an hour or so after school and free lessons should cover this.
 
Depends what you mean by pocket money cause my dad still pays a few quid a month into a savings thing for me and I'm 18, dunno when I'm ever going to get this money though ¬_¬



Gran still gives me Biscuits :D
 
Stop his pocket money, he will find a job if he needs money.

Far too many kids got far too much pocket money. I got enough to be able to go out with friends and little things but if i wanted any money for my hobbies or anything i worked for it. A part time job isnt going to suddenly make him stupid and lose all friends! Live in the real world!
 
Column Matrix said:
ALL OF YOU GUYS SAYING 'YES 16 HE SHOULD GET A JOB' DO ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN GO TO SCHOOL?

WHAT IF HE PLAYS SPORTS ETC WHEN I WAS AT SCHOOL I WAS TRAINING EVERY EVENING AND WEEKEND THERE WAS NO WAY I COULD GET A JOB WITHOUT DIEING OF EXHAUSTION

I DIDNT GET ANY POCKET MONEY ANYWAY BUT MY PARENTS STILL PAID FOR DINNER MONEY ETC
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i played sports, had a job since i was 12 and still found time to see my mates. back then i didnt spend as much time on the PC though.
 
teulk said:
As the title says, my son is 16 and is at college 5 days a week doing "A Levels". Would i be being unreasonable to expect him to get a job to cover evenings and weekends ?
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I think maybe a job that made him work twice a week max would be good to fit in with studies if you're dead set on him getting one. Working one weekday and a saturday afternoon or similar wouldn't interfere with studies etc I reckon and wouldn't leave him feeling like he's being hard done by. Earning £40 a week or so should be enough for him to have a bit of a spend at his age.
 
Column Matrix said:
ALL OF YOU GUYS SAYING 'YES 16 HE SHOULD GET A JOB' DO ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN GO TO SCHOOL?

WHAT IF HE PLAYS SPORTS ETC WHEN I WAS AT SCHOOL I WAS TRAINING EVERY EVENING AND WEEKEND THERE WAS NO WAY I COULD GET A JOB WITHOUT DIEING OF EXHAUSTION

I DIDNT GET ANY POCKET MONEY ANYWAY BUT MY PARENTS STILL PAID FOR DINNER MONEY ETC
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Azza on here did a **** load of sports, in a level, and had a job, and still went out/played games etc so you really have n excuse

(i use Azza as an example as i am spoiled and didn't get a job >.> )

Also wth is with you and caps lock I'm tempted to link to the madox page about it.
 
My parents still give me Pocket Money :cool:

I'm 17, in Lower 6th doing A-Levels (Maths, Physics, Chemistry, IT) so am in school everyday (apart from friday afternoons but they're reserved for driving lessons!) and simply don't have the time for a job, and get a grand total of £0 EMA :rolleyes:.

Todays (Saturdays) plan for the day is do my Physics Coursework, fix brothers pc, edit a photo (250mb with about 300people in) and then help Dad working on the Westfield. No time for a paid-job today.

I don't do work on sundays (and will be busy all day anyways).


Wheras my friends gone and got herself a job that pays £7/hour, works 11hours each weekend, and as she starts work @ 7am today she doesn't go out friday nights anymore :o (and has to spend loads of time each evening doing coursework etc.)
 
I'm 16 and don't get pocket money. I stopped getting it when I got a paper round at about 13. Now my younger brother has my paper round so I have no money at all.
I'm going to get a part time job soon though, maybe.
 
Im 16 and i knda have pocket money. AKA. dinner money, and few quid to town for cinema.
I have to pay in my own money for things such as games, season tickets etc.
Been looking for a job atm so i may have a few more quid to spend or save.
 
Westyfield2 said:
I don't do work on sundays (and will be busy all day anyways).


Wheras my friends gone and got herself a job that pays £7/hour, works 11hours each weekend, and as she starts work @ 7am today she doesn't go out friday nights anymore :o (and has to spend loads of time each evening doing coursework etc.)
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Sounds like your friend knows what hard work is to be honest.

I got my last pocket money on my 13th birthday, as thats the age you could get a paper round. Worked my **** off ever since and dont regret a minute of it. Prepares you for life after school, where, shock horror, you might have to work a sunday to pay the mortgage.

Try running your own business - you wont know where the working day starts or ends
 
I never do or did get pocket money on a weekly basis, but ive been bought a lot, and if im going to town my parents normally give me £5-£15 quid, depends what im going for.

I do a paper round for £17 quid a week, and i dont see how working 1 or 2 evenings and one weekday can harm your education.
 
I don't give pocket money I never have, I just give money if they needed it and the older boys both got paper rounds as soon as they could, and have worked since even when at college.( no ema then) but my girls have never had paid work, one works at the stables doing her nvq, again no ema, the other at college full time and is getting ema but is looking hard for part time work being broke is a great motivator!
 
I never got pocket money and at 16 years old is quite frankly taking the ****. Tell him to get a job, not only will it give him experience of the working world but there is nothing better than buying something that you want with your own money!
 
Angus-Higgins said:
Considering that I work (doing Mathematics) in my free lessons (as I need to be especially good at Mathematics, due to it being my choice for a subject to study to degree level, possibly further), and I also spend several hours after my school (and many at the weekend) doing the work from my other lessons, I would have little time (personally, although the term is redundant, the added effect increases efficiency) to work.

(There are other reasons for me not getting/being able to get, with ease a job, however I will not enter into that discussion at the present time).

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A levels are a complete doddle. Just revise the morning of the exams and get an A (especially in maths!). The new maths structure also makes it even easier than when I did them!
 
I never got pocket money from my parents, but I did get a small contribution from my grandparents every now and then. To make up for this, I got a job as soon as I was able to and worked weekends all through my GCSEs. When it came to AS and A2s, I did find that my work level increased a fair amount (6 ASs, 3 A2s), so I stopped working to concentrate on school. It largely depends on the subjects he's doing and what his friends do and how much money they get from their parents (as this'll change how he'll perceive the withdrawal of pocket money etc).
 
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