How much do you give your freshmen DD in allowance per month?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$0.

She has food and housing covered with meal plan and on campus housing. She doesn't have a need for transportation off campus. Clothes are from home.

If she wants something specific, she can ask for it, or she can get a campus job or spend her savings from summer work. I'm not funding nail appointments, I'm already paying hundreds of thousands for an education.

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[Anonymous]

^^ PP here. Sorry, I re-read and saw she had a meal plan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We give DD who attends college in Boston $1500 a month to cover food (outside of the
meal plan), transportation, and her extras like clothing, hair & nails, entertainment, etc. We fund everything else. So far, since August she’s spent all of it each month and doesn’t have anymore left by the end of the month. Our older kids, all boys, got the same amount of money, but there was always a lot left over every month. To me, $1500 is more than enough so, I believe she’s overspending. How much is your DD getting per month?

Obviously she's overspending, probably on partying. What did you expect?

[Anonymous]

We give DC $15/week for extras beyond room and board (the required meal plan for on campus freshmen is more than generous).

Anything beyond that, we have a conversation as to whether or not we will reimburse costs or DC will pay out of savings. Textbooks and transportation to/from home are a yes; dinner out with friends instead of hitting the dining hall is typically a no.

[Anonymous]

$250 a month for my son who is near Boston.
Doesn’t include laundry or Ubers. We feel this is very generous and so far he’s stuck within budget.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We give DD who attends college in Boston $1500 a month to cover food (outside of the
meal plan), transportation, and her extras like clothing, hair & nails, entertainment, etc. We fund everything else. So far, since August she’s spent all of it each month and doesn’t have anymore left by the end of the month. Our older kids, all boys, got the same amount of money, but there was always a lot left over every month. To me, $1500 is more than enough so, I believe she’s overspending. How much is your DD getting per month?

DD will need aid or merit to attend any school except in-state publics. We can’t afford an extra $15k a year for dining out and manicures. She’ll get $250 and we’ll reassess after a couple months if needed. $50-60 a week for extras seems plenty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You pay for her to get manicures?

Seriously

[Anonymous]

If she's accustomed to that lifestyle and you cut that off, she'll find another way to make that money. There's a reason that at some colleges a double-digit percentage of female students are sugarbabies.

[Anonymous]

My kids haven't spent a dime yet. What is she actually doing? There is so much free stuff to do and eat at college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We give DD who attends college in Boston $1500 a month to cover food (outside of the
meal plan), transportation, and her extras like clothing, hair & nails, entertainment, etc. We fund everything else. So far, since August she’s spent all of it each month and doesn’t have anymore left by the end of the month. Our older kids, all boys, got the same amount of money, but there was always a lot left over every month. To me, $1500 is more than enough so, I believe she’s overspending. How much is your DD getting per month?

Obviously she's overspending, probably on partying. What did you expect?

More like she's funding everyone's drug habits. What kid can spend that much per month in college if it doesn't even include off campus rent?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We give DD who attends college in Boston $1500 a month to cover food (outside of the
meal plan), transportation, and her extras like clothing, hair & nails, entertainment, etc. We fund everything else. So far, since August she’s spent all of it each month and doesn’t have anymore left by the end of the month. Our older kids, all boys, got the same amount of money, but there was always a lot left over every month. To me, $1500 is more than enough so, I believe she’s overspending. How much is your DD getting per month?

Inflation. $1500 now is like $500 a few years ago when your DS attended college. Eating out used to cost $10, now about $30 per person in urban area. Every thing is so much more expensive.

Our son is in college in the same area. We also put $1500 in his account monthly, but it is for off campus rent, utilities and household essentials, and food. No dorm, no food plan on campus, no one else paying for toilet paper, soap, utilities, cleaning supplies. OP's daughter has none of those expenses for the same family deposit. Totally fine, since they can afford it, but it absolutely is not because of necessities. A kid with a college meal plan does not need fifty $30 dinners a month. Also, why does a kid in college need extra clothing every month? Do you buy new cloths every month?

[Anonymous]

Must be nice to be rich.

$1,500 is more monthly play money than I get as an adult. I can’t imagine giving a teen that much.

[Anonymous]

Freshman in NYC we give him $500 per month for spending $ and we pay for books, travel home which we thought was generous. I can't really imagine $1500 per month but if that is also what you gave older brothers not sure its excessive for your student.
My worry wouldn't be drugs it would be making her standout from peers in ways that might not be positive.

[Anonymous]

Zero. My DD has worked for the last 3 summers and uses that money for fun stuff in college. I pay tuition, room/board. She also pays for her car insurance and gas.

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Anonymous wrote:Must be nice to be rich.

$1,500 is more monthly play money than I get as an adult. I can’t imagine giving a teen that much.

No kidding. I bring home approximately $2100 per paycheck. I cannot imagine having that much spending money every month. Has she ever had a job? If not, she needs one so she understands how much work it takes to earn that amount of money unless you are going to be the gravy train forever.