How much allowance money do you send your kid each week/month at college?

[Anonymous]

None. That’s what campus jobs/summer jobs are for.

[Anonymous]

None. She’s got a nice little savings and checking account that she accumulated from various jobs and she’s also in general a fairly frugal kid. When there has been a need for a slightly larger expense we talked about whether or not I’ll help her pay for it but we don’t send her anything regularly.

[Anonymous]

We do $100 a month.

[Anonymous]

We do $250 a week but as an off-campus junior she buys her own food. She also has a credit card for other expenses if/as necessary.

[Anonymous]

How much money do your kids make from summer jobs? Do they last all year. I am trying to figure out how wages from a summer job over three months last an entire year.

[Anonymous]

My kids work over the summer and on breaks. They have also picked up p/t jobs near their schools. Anything extra ie sorority and associated fees are on them.

[Anonymous]

Kudos to those parents that give their kids some cash. And I've never seen so many smug cheap-ass "no spending money" parents in one forum at one time. How hard is it to throw your kids some dough every month to have some enjoyment beyond studying their ass off? My son knows the value of money, already has had several jobs, but I'm not going to use the 1950's tough-love hyperbole during one of the best times of his life. He can have a couple hundred bucks when he needs it. What do you parents need it for, one more set of D-bag golf clubs or extra bespoke seat heaters for your latest Range Rover Double Supreme?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kudos to those parents that give their kids some cash. And I've never seen so many smug cheap-ass "no spending money" parents in one forum at one time. How hard is it to throw your kids some dough every month to have some enjoyment beyond studying their ass off? My son knows the value of money, already has had several jobs, but I'm not going to use the 1950's tough-love hyperbole during one of the best times of his life. He can have a couple hundred bucks when he needs it. What do you parents need it for, one more set of D-bag golf clubs or extra bespoke seat heaters for your latest Range Rover Double Supreme?

So does mine. That's why he uses his own money, not mommy's, for beer and concerts.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kudos to those parents that give their kids some cash. And I've never seen so many smug cheap-ass "no spending money" parents in one forum at one time. How hard is it to throw your kids some dough every month to have some enjoyment beyond studying their ass off? My son knows the value of money, already has had several jobs, but I'm not going to use the 1950's tough-love hyperbole during one of the best times of his life. He can have a couple hundred bucks when he needs it. What do you parents need it for, one more set of D-bag golf clubs or extra bespoke seat heaters for your latest Range Rover Double Supreme?

So does mine. That's why he uses his own money, not mommy's, for beer and concerts.

Expected response. Amusing how you expect your kid to be a hedonist. Reference my "cheap-ass" comment.

[Anonymous]

My kid works during the summer, but no way do those earnings last longer than a couple of months in college. We absolutely send our kids spending money every month - usually between $100-200. The last thing we want is for them to constantly be worrying about money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kudos to those parents that give their kids some cash. And I've never seen so many smug cheap-ass "no spending money" parents in one forum at one time. How hard is it to throw your kids some dough every month to have some enjoyment beyond studying their ass off? My son knows the value of money, already has had several jobs, but I'm not going to use the 1950's tough-love hyperbole during one of the best times of his life. He can have a couple hundred bucks when he needs it. What do you parents need it for, one more set of D-bag golf clubs or extra bespoke seat heaters for your latest Range Rover Double Supreme?

Chuckles...I am covering full tuition room and board...almost 70k a year and you are calling me cheap??? My kids have no problem covering the rest.

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Anonymous wrote:Mine used to send me 1,200/month in 2001, so that's around 2k now.

Absurd.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kudos to those parents that give their kids some cash. And I've never seen so many smug cheap-ass "no spending money" parents in one forum at one time. How hard is it to throw your kids some dough every month to have some enjoyment beyond studying their ass off? My son knows the value of money, already has had several jobs, but I'm not going to use the 1950's tough-love hyperbole during one of the best times of his life. He can have a couple hundred bucks when he needs it. What do you parents need it for, one more set of D-bag golf clubs or extra bespoke seat heaters for your latest Range Rover Double Supreme?

Chuckles...I am covering full tuition room and board...almost 70k a year and you are calling me cheap??? My kids have no problem covering the rest.

Scroll back up. I called you cheap.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mine used to send me 1,200/month in 2001, so that's around 2k now.

Absurd.

Wondering how that would even get spent?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid works during the summer, but no way do those earnings last longer than a couple of months in college. We absolutely send our kids spending money every month - usually between $100-200. The last thing we want is for them to constantly be worrying about money.

Exactly - I would rather send them a couple hundred bucks when they need it and they can focus on the grades. I don't assume it's for heroin, needles, snuff films, condoms, pot, grain alcohol, meth lab supplies, etc. It's just to get a pizza, some clothes, take a girlfriend out to see a movie. I don't get why so many people forking over $300k for college have a tough-love aneurysm over $1000-$1500.