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[quote=Anonymous]I only have a part-time job right now (one of the DCUM "poor", most likely), but my kid gets $30/month from as allowance. Half goes into savings, but he can pull it into his 'spend' account whenever he wants.

He also earns money - walking dogs, housesitting by taking care of cats and plants, and I help him get one-off jobs like graphic design so social media or QA-ing software at my company. This summer he will be doing MBSYEP again, which is not much money but it is better than nothing and is good toward getting work experience. Ideally he'll get something that pays better, but those jobs seem very hard to get around here for teens. He's applied at cafes to bus tables and at a few stores, but hasn't gotten any interviews.

He goes to concerts with friends and occasionally they'll go out for food, but really they just hang out and don't spend much money. He thrifts for clothes and he's learned how to scrimp and save for things he wants (e.g., just bought himself a gaming computer with earned money), which makes me very happy. I didn't learn those skills until I was out of college![/quote]

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