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Paying allowance
| Mon, 08-06-2007 - 2:27pm |
of those of you who pay allowance to your children, what on the average do you pay a twelve year old and what do you expect them to pay for with their allowance??? thanks

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I give her about $20 a month and its' for the little things she wants...gum, a soda or some goofy toy. I pay for movies and activities and necessities. Bascially she buys the JUNK I normally wouldnt' buy for her!
Denise
I pay the equivalent of $1.00 per year of age per week. Since my kids are good at budgeting, I give them their allowance once a month rather than weekly (which works out to $52 per month, and broken down would equal $12 per week).
I pay for clothing and school supplies (and other necessities) that they need. They pay for extras that they want. If dd needs a new coat or shoes or outgrows her jeans, I will pay for replacements. If she has sufficient coats, shoes or pants that fit and just wants new/more, it comes from her allowance. If they want to buy books, earrings, video games, it’s all out of their allowance. I also pay for school lunches and an extra $5 after school once a week if they go out for pizza or a juice (but if they don’t go they don’t get the extra $5). If they want to go out after school more than once a week for snacks (or buy snacks at school which the lunch money I provided doesn’t cover), they have to pay out of their allowance
The purpose of their allowance is to learn to budget. It’s working well. They’re misers and while they may want everything they see, they don’t want it if they have to pay for it!
I still pay for movies and snacks at movies or similar activities and for extracurricular activities/classes.
Lynn
My son is 13 and is paid an allowance once per month. This is money he is "allowed" to have for the purpose of learning to budget and manage money. Chores are expected of him as a member of the family.. they are never paid for.
Connor recieves $40 per month. It is expected that he will tithe (we allow him to chose how much). He will pay for more cell phone mins beyond what we provide for him, movies, snacks, books, club dues, guitar strings, sheet music, outings with friends, music downloads and gifts. It is up to him to budget his money carefully, to plan ahead etc.. Once the money is gone, there are no advances so he'll either have to wait for the following month or work for the cash.
Connor earns extra money working for other people. Mowing lawns, doing yardwork, running errands and babysitting.
stacy
Ditto! Or if I'm buying shoes and she wants a more expensive pair..she can pay the difference from what I would have paid!
Denise
Kayleigh's allowance is minimal, having turned 12 she's moving from $2 to $3 a week.
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Hello twowildo4me. My name is Caroline. I'm one of the community leaders here. It's good to have ya and please make yourself at home.
Our dd is almost 13. She gets 12 dollars a week, if I remember to give it to her. She doesn't do anything for the $. She's expected to do certain things just because she's part of the family.
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