What’s a reasonable allowance for a 17 year old senior? Assume they can’t work until this summer (sport and school and
![[Post New]](/jforum/templates/default/images/icon_minipost_new.gif){kind=icon}
Anonymous
| What is reasonable is completely dependent on what the family income level and lifestyle is. We give our senior $200/month to spend at his discretion because that is what we deemed reasonable for our income and allows him a lifestyle that matches what he is used to. I have no issues with someone else gives $500 if that is what is reasonable for them. I'm not sure why this is even controversial. Families have different financial situations. |
Anonymous
We budget $500 sometimes it’s less. I give him $100 for take out, that is chipotle 2x a week. I give him $100-$200 to spend time with friends (which is normally golf 2x a month but could be golf 1x and a concert ). I give him $100 to spend on his girlfriend. I give him $100 for gas, parking, clothes, etc. He also volunteers every weekend in the winter/spring and has been since he was 11. His money from his job usually runs out in December. Teens can’t get 40 hours a week. Every other thread about teens is like why aren’t you people raising your sons to be a better? I have a son who volunteers, has good friends, takes his girlfriend out on proper dates. And everybody on this thread is saying he should be sitting in his basement making food or choosing hoops at the park. GMAFB |
Anonymous
|
My teens each get $300/mo but we own a small business consider some of it their pay for doing office cleaning about 2hrs/wk each. (Mopping, sweeping, breaking down boxes, taking out the trash, etc) They rotate days.
They pay for their own gas (we pay for cars and insurance), entertainment expenses, anything that is a want and not a need. We almost never give them any other $ throughout the month. Works well for us so far. |
Anonymous
You are raising a spoiled, entitled son. True story |
Anonymous
No I’m the furthest thing from sorry. Seriously he’s so inexpensive it’s wild to see anybody crash out over this budget. With all your SAT tutors, travel sports, makeup, Starbucks, clothes this kid is a bargain. In state tuition for college. Literally lol to $500/mth. Y’all just not adding it all up. |
Anonymous
Nasty unnecessary response. |
Anonymous
Mine really doesn’t do those things unless he gets a gift card. He’s frugal like his mom. He got Starbucks once and said it tasted like pure sugar (it does). They have a Starbucks where he goes to college now and says girls get it every day. I know my kid isn’t spending this money because I can see his bank account balance. He pays for car insurance, gas, and food st the grocery store so he make his own lunches. |
Anonymous
Well that’s still more than $500/mth. |
Anonymous
It’s HIS money, not mine. He earned it. I didn’t give him an allowance like he’s a 5 yr old. If he wants to take his girlfriend out, he can pay for it. |
Anonymous
Not totally germane to the thread, I know, but you two are doing this wrong. I go to Caps games pretty regularly and don’t spend “hundreds of dollars.” You can get nosebleed seats for $45 for many games (particularly during the week) and take the metro down, which is what I do and what I assume teens are doing. It is still plenty fun this way. It’s true that food and drinks aren’t the cheapest inside, but you can eat before or after the game at one of the many quick places in Chinatown. There’s a Chipotle across the street from the arena. And 17-year olds aren’t drinking (at least not at the game). |
Anonymous
Each ticket in the nosebleeds is less than 100, correct. But then don’t forget the parking garage money (or, the uber money. Don’t lie and say he takes metro). A couple of bottles of water or soda, some snacks, a dinner beforehand. That is a 300 dollar evening minimum. |
Anonymous
WTF does a “proper” date mean? One where he spends $100 of your money? And you insist he needs to do this? That is bizarre. He is 17 with no job |
Anonymous
You are raising good kids. The poster above who gives her son money for golf dates is raising a little prick, but she doesn’t know it yet. It’s not just whether you have the money or not, it’s whether you want to set a tone of having to work for things in life. Golf is not a necessity. Acting like it is is so cringe I can barely believe this mom isn’t a troll. I want my kids to have good values and work ethic and so do the other parents I know. |
Anonymous
Moms like this often grew up poor themselves and are projecting their striver onto their children |
Anonymous
| I have a 15 yr old. No allowance. She babysits weekly and has spending money from that. She and her friends hang out at each other’s houses. They will occasionally get a drink or cookie after school, but not even weekly. Movies once in a great while. She doesn’t ask for money and what she makes covers this plus she likes to save |