Anonymous wrote:1) Michigan - $200

This includes going out to eat with friends at cheap restaurants a few times a month, personal care products at college town high prices, and a little more vending machine action than I'd like to see.

I could tell him to cut back and $200 is about the max.

My kid's not spoiled. Over the summer, he ate a lot of dinners made from free food leftover from catered lunches at his internship.

He uses a credit card plate off my account. I keep an eye on it for bad trends.

Was this a joke? This is premade food that he neither cooked nor purchased. This was not a sacrifice by any means.

Towson

I put in $100/month for laundry, toiletries, etc. He puts in $200/month for extras (food, entertainment, etc) from his savings.

I have no idea how much he spends/what is left over. He is pretty frugal so I assume he has a little stash in his checking account.

My DD works an on-campus job, has a full meal plan, and pays for any extra food, laundry, clothes, entertainment. She takes home around $400 a month.

Towson, so local but on campus. $50 per week. But that’s for everything. She just had a banquet and she had to pay for that as well as anything she wanted to wear and nails. She has to pay for her laundry and hygiene supplies.

I’m open to negotiation on the amount but I am not willing to give her more if it’s simply to eat out or supplement the meal program. Truthfully though I can’t wait until she’s not required to be on a meal plan. It’s expensive and a major source of dissatisfaction for her.

You will find people who give $0 and people who give unlimited access to credit cards and online accounts.

You have to figure out what works for YOUR budget.

We give our child an additional $100 per month spending money, however she's at a SLAC located in the Midwest - not many places to spend money except coffee shops and few stores/restaurants in town. On average she spends a bit more, but makes up the difference with savings from her summer job.

Anonymous wrote:First, and I hate to be sexist, but I think this number is different for men vs. women.

My son attends Case and he barely spends anything, so we don't even have a budget. He's a junior this year with a meal plan but he's living in an on-campus apartment with a full kitchen. He spends maybe $100/month of our money and that's the most he's ever spent. During his first two years when he was in a regular dorm without a kitchen, he spent maybe $50/month.

We give the same amount to our kids regardless of gender.

1) Michigan - $200

This includes going out to eat with friends at cheap restaurants a few times a month, personal care products at college town high prices, and a little more vending machine action than I'd like to see.

I could tell him to cut back and $200 is about the max.

My kid's not spoiled. Over the summer, he ate a lot of dinners made from free food leftover from catered lunches at his internship.

He uses a credit card plate off my account. I keep an eye on it for bad trends.

First, and I hate to be sexist, but I think this number is different for men vs. women.

My son attends Case and he barely spends anything, so we don't even have a budget. He's a junior this year with a meal plan but he's living in an on-campus apartment with a full kitchen. He spends maybe $100/month of our money and that's the most he's ever spent. During his first two years when he was in a regular dorm without a kitchen, he spent maybe $50/month.

Perhaps simpler for you to state her college (or at least what city it is in). My kid's experience in a small town might not be relevant.

don't nickel and dime your kids to prove a point.

eating on campus sucks and they don't want to eat there.

$200 a month but with the caveat that if you only spend $80 in October, then in November you're made whole with $120. Stanford and Berkeley

They worked a job for any extra money, or used savings from their summer job.

What are you disagreeing about?

My DD and I are disagreeing on something, and I think a DCUM poll might help me.

For those with college freshman or sophomores, LIVING ON CAMPUS, with FULL MEAL PLAN:

1 - What college (or at least what city is it in)?
2 - How much additional spending money per month - into bank account (meaning not extra dining dollars, or laundry credit, etc.)

TIA.