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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kids really get hundreds of dollars a month in allowance in your circle?

Wow. [/quote]
+1  We gave our 15 yr old $60/month, and told them that they will need to get a job if they want more.

Did this with both my kids.  They got jobs at 16.

IMO, it doesn't matter if you can afford it. Kids should learn the value of money early.

My 16 yr old DD is learning the hard way that she doesn't have the money like some of her friends do, and that if she blows all her money in one week, she will have nothing left for the rest of the month.  We had been telling her this since she was 8 when she started getting her allowance, but she is very "in the moment" kind of person.  Sure, enough, something came up, and she had no money for it because she blew it all the week before even though she knew she was not going to have any money left. She said she was fine with it because she didn't forsee anything coming up. She wasn't getting paid until after the event.  We didn't bail her out, but her friends did.  Not happy that she relied on her friends to bail her out (happened twice).   I don't think she's learned this lesson fully yet.[/quote]

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