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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For some reason, I feel like it is a little different as kids get older.  I would never expect someone to send their elementary school kid with money to pay for themselves, but I find it odd when my 15 year old's friends occasionally join us for family outings without bringing a cent of money.   I'm happy to pay their entrance fees for stuff, but I kind of feel like, if a kid is almost old enough to have a job, it would be nice for them to have some cash to pick up the tab for their own sodas etc.  I guess I should be grateful that the kids are willing to join us for family stuff at all at this point.[/quote]

I have 11 and 13 yo. When we take kids out, parents almost always give the kid money or ask us how much they owe us and we always decline. On a few instances, we have given our kids money and they do spend on ice cream or cotton candy type stuff.

My 13yo doesn’t really do outings solo yet but if the kids start hanging out in high school and I’m just driving and dropping kids off, I would expect other kids to have spending money. [/quote]

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