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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I send allowance once a month. Keep in mind the need for food, toiletries (tampons, deodorant, gum, sunscreen) and school supplies (post-its, tabs, special pens) and random things that come up - new charger, college t-shirt, seeing a movie, bday gifts for new friends, etc.

Think about what kind of food plan your kid will have. The bigger the food plan, the less the money we send. I did not want my kids getting a job their freshman year. Adjust to college, make new friends, [b]get used to running all your own errands, doing all your own laundry, etc. 
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I did not want my kids to get stuck for cash. I started out sending $80 per month, and after two months asked my son how that was working out. When he told me that it was okay but he was being very careful the last week and a half to make sure it lasted, I upped it to $120 a month. That works better for him (he gets his hair cut once a month).

When my DD started college, I started her at $120 a month and she never said a word about money being tight.[/quote]

If you are waiting for college for these things, you are too late.  My 8 yr old does his own laundry.[/quote]

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