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[quote=Anonymous]I'm struggling to figure out what to do re: allowance for our two kids, both in high school.

I grew up working in HS for spending money and have insisted that my kids also get jobs to earn money for discretionary items.  My philosophy was that we buy the kids what the need (food, clothing, personal care items etc etc), which includes a lot of wants too, to be honest, but they always want to go out with friends, have Chipotle after sports practices, but a drink at Wawa etc.  My feeling is this is what job $ is for, but they seem to think it's unfair and it's not what others are doing these days.

FWIW, they each are capable of making money - and more of it - if they wanted but choose not to (babysitting and other ways - go shovel snow!).  They don't have to have a 'real' job to earn money.  We live in the NW DC and they go to public school.  DH didn't really work in HS - I think his parents paid for more stuff than mine did, even through college.  We can definitely afford it, but I also want them to budget and learn to work for what they want - it's not always a message that's all that well received.

What do you do for your kid, and what do you see?  Trying not to be snarky - it seems so different than when us Gen Xers grew up - but I did not get an allowance so am struggling with this one.  We want to teach responsibility.  If you give an allowance, how much do you give, what age is your kid, and what do you pay for vs insist they pay for?[/quote]

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