Anonymous
12/28/2025 16:04
Subject: What’s a reasonable allowance for a 17 year old senior? Assume they can’t work until this summer (sport and school and
I have a 15 yr old. No allowance. She babysits weekly and has spending money from that. She and her friends hang out at each other’s houses. They will occasionally get a drink or cookie after school, but not even weekly. Movies once in a great while. She doesn’t ask for money and what she makes covers this plus she likes to save
Anonymous
12/28/2025 15:43
Subject: Re:What’s a reasonable allowance for a 17 year old senior? Assume they can’t work until this summer (sport and school and
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I gave my son 500 a month but that included golfing, going to sporting events and concerts.
I don’t pay for Starbucks or alcohol, but I will pay for chipotle or Chick-fil-A twice a week.
Unlimited Ubers.
That’s insane
1 golf game is $100 and tickets to a concert or sport event with his girlfriend and dinner is $200. That’s 1 date a month.
Playing basketball at the local park or in someone’s driveway is free. Kicking around a soccer ball is free. There are a thousand different ways your son could take his girlfriend on dates that cost less than $50 that would show effort and actual thought.
And they do that. But we expect him to take her on one proper date once a month. And pay for things.
They are watching the Bills game this afternoon (the wings will cost me $25), after they go hit golf balls ($20).
You want them to eat oodles of noodles in my basement after basketball at the park?
Again this might be the root of the loneliness epidemic.
They go on hikes, and run together and watch movies and Stranger things.
Shoot a movie out is $50.
They do free things and things that cost $. Even a movie in my basement is $20 worth of pizza.
WTF does a “proper” date mean? One where he spends $100 of your money? And you insist he needs to do this? That is bizarre. He is 17 with no job
Moms like this often grew up poor themselves and are projecting their striver onto their children
Anonymous
12/28/2025 15:42
Subject: Re:What’s a reasonable allowance for a 17 year old senior? Assume they can’t work until this summer (sport and school and
Anonymous wrote:My teens each get $300/mo but we own a small business consider some of it their pay for doing office cleaning about 2hrs/wk each. (Mopping, sweeping, breaking down boxes, taking out the trash, etc) They rotate days.
They pay for their own gas (we pay for cars and insurance), entertainment expenses, anything that is a want and not a need. We almost never give them any other $ throughout the month.
Works well for us so far.
You are raising good kids. The poster above who gives her son money for golf dates is raising a little prick, but she doesn’t know it yet. It’s not just whether you have the money or not, it’s whether you want to set a tone of having to work for things in life. Golf is not a necessity. Acting like it is is so cringe I can barely believe this mom isn’t a troll. I want my kids to have good values and work ethic and so do the other parents I know.
Anonymous
12/28/2025 15:30
Subject: Re:What’s a reasonable allowance for a 17 year old senior? Assume they can’t work until this summer (sport and school and
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I gave my son 500 a month but that included golfing, going to sporting events and concerts.
I don’t pay for Starbucks or alcohol, but I will pay for chipotle or Chick-fil-A twice a week.
Unlimited Ubers.
That’s insane
1 golf game is $100 and tickets to a concert or sport event with his girlfriend and dinner is $200. That’s 1 date a month.
Playing basketball at the local park or in someone’s driveway is free. Kicking around a soccer ball is free. There are a thousand different ways your son could take his girlfriend on dates that cost less than $50 that would show effort and actual thought.
And they do that. But we expect him to take her on one proper date once a month. And pay for things.
They are watching the Bills game this afternoon (the wings will cost me $25), after they go hit golf balls ($20).
You want them to eat oodles of noodles in my basement after basketball at the park?
Again this might be the root of the loneliness epidemic.
They go on hikes, and run together and watch movies and Stranger things.
Shoot a movie out is $50.
They do free things and things that cost $. Even a movie in my basement is $20 worth of pizza.
WTF does a “proper” date mean? One where he spends $100 of your money? And you insist he needs to do this? That is bizarre. He is 17 with no job
Anonymous
12/28/2025 15:26
Subject: Re:What’s a reasonable allowance for a 17 year old senior? Assume they can’t work until this summer (sport and school and
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I gave my son 500 a month but that included golfing, going to sporting events and concerts.
I don’t pay for Starbucks or alcohol, but I will pay for chipotle or Chick-fil-A twice a week.
Unlimited Ubers.
That’s insane
1 golf game is $100 and tickets to a concert or sport event with his girlfriend and dinner is $200. That’s 1 date a month.
Hanging out at your house is free. Or he can get a job and pay for his dates
You’d rather my kid hang in our basement with his girlfriend than take her on a proper date at least once a month. Or catch a capitals game once a month with his friends? No wonder young men are such a mess now a days.
You think he should give up golfing?
You think he should quit coaching kids and being a special Olympics unified partner to “get a job”?
The whole question was for kids who can’t work right now due to school/sports/volunteering. It wasn’t for slackers hanging in mom’s basement.
I’m 43 and I make 200k a year and a capitals game is a splurge for my and DH. It’s hundreds of dollars plus transportation or parking, plus food and drinks. That’s not a normal way for a 17 year old to hang out
He’ll literally go to 1 this season.
It’s not 100’s if you sit in nosebleeds it’s a bit more than a movie.
He took his girlfriend to see the playoffs for women’s soccer and it was $40 /ticket if you sat in the end zones.
I think that’s a normal monthly date. $100 ish
Each ticket in the nosebleeds is less than 100, correct. But then don’t forget the parking garage money (or, the uber money. Don’t lie and say he takes metro). A couple of bottles of water or soda, some snacks, a dinner beforehand. That is a 300 dollar evening minimum.
Anonymous
12/28/2025 15:23
Subject: Re:What’s a reasonable allowance for a 17 year old senior? Assume they can’t work until this summer (sport and school and
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I gave my son 500 a month but that included golfing, going to sporting events and concerts.
I don’t pay for Starbucks or alcohol, but I will pay for chipotle or Chick-fil-A twice a week.
Unlimited Ubers.
That’s insane
1 golf game is $100 and tickets to a concert or sport event with his girlfriend and dinner is $200. That’s 1 date a month.
Hanging out at your house is free. Or he can get a job and pay for his dates
You’d rather my kid hang in our basement with his girlfriend than take her on a proper date at least once a month. Or catch a capitals game once a month with his friends? No wonder young men are such a mess now a days.
You think he should give up golfing?
You think he should quit coaching kids and being a special Olympics unified partner to “get a job”?
The whole question was for kids who can’t work right now due to school/sports/volunteering. It wasn’t for slackers hanging in mom’s basement.
I’m 43 and I make 200k a year and a capitals game is a splurge for my and DH. It’s hundreds of dollars plus transportation or parking, plus food and drinks. That’s not a normal way for a 17 year old to hang out
+100
Not totally germane to the thread, I know, but you two are doing this wrong. I go to Caps games pretty regularly and don’t spend “hundreds of dollars.” You can get nosebleed seats for $45 for many games (particularly during the week) and take the metro down, which is what I do and what I assume teens are doing. It is still plenty fun this way.
It’s true that food and drinks aren’t the cheapest inside, but you can eat before or after the game at one of the many quick places in Chinatown. There’s a Chipotle across the street from the arena. And 17-year olds aren’t drinking (at least not at the game).
Anonymous
12/28/2025 15:22
Subject: Re:What’s a reasonable allowance for a 17 year old senior? Assume they can’t work until this summer (sport and school and
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I gave my son 500 a month but that included golfing, going to sporting events and concerts.
I don’t pay for Starbucks or alcohol, but I will pay for chipotle or Chick-fil-A twice a week.
Unlimited Ubers.
That’s insane
1 golf game is $100 and tickets to a concert or sport event with his girlfriend and dinner is $200. That’s 1 date a month.
Hanging out at your house is free. Or he can get a job and pay for his dates
You’d rather my kid hang in our basement with his girlfriend than take her on a proper date at least once a month. Or catch a capitals game once a month with his friends? No wonder young men are such a mess now a days.
You think he should give up golfing?
You think he should quit coaching kids and being a special Olympics unified partner to “get a job”?
The whole question was for kids who can’t work right now due to school/sports/volunteering. It wasn’t for slackers hanging in mom’s basement.
I’m 43 and I make 200k a year and a capitals game is a splurge for my and DH. It’s hundreds of dollars plus transportation or parking, plus food and drinks. That’s not a normal way for a 17 year old to hang out
He’ll literally go to 1 this season.
It’s not 100’s if you sit in nosebleeds it’s a bit more than a movie.
He took his girlfriend to see the playoffs for women’s soccer and it was $40 /ticket if you sat in the end zones.
I think that’s a normal monthly date. $100 ish
Maybe for rich people but most people do t have an extra $100 to blow on “a normal monthly date.”
Well they are spending $25 on wings today and going to a movie over the holidays so they also can’t afford a caps game either.
Unless he is paying himself, he can make food at home and watch Netflix
How much does it cost to make food at home? It’s not free. And I’d be paying.
Y’all are fooling yourself if you think your kids are not spending $100 a month on Starbucks, soda, chipotle, etc,
I don’t believe for a second your kids never eat out, never go to the movies, don’t buy makeup or clothes or go out with friends and if they don’t that too bad.
Mine really doesn’t do those things unless he gets a gift card. He’s frugal like his mom. He got Starbucks once and said it tasted like pure sugar (it does). They have a Starbucks where he goes to college now and says girls get it every day. I know my kid isn’t spending this money because I can see his bank account balance. He pays for car insurance, gas, and food st the grocery store so he make his own lunches.
Well that’s still more than $500/mth.
It’s HIS money, not mine. He earned it. I didn’t give him an allowance like he’s a 5 yr old. If he wants to take his girlfriend out, he can pay for it.
Anonymous
12/28/2025 15:12
Subject: Re:What’s a reasonable allowance for a 17 year old senior? Assume they can’t work until this summer (sport and school and
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I gave my son 500 a month but that included golfing, going to sporting events and concerts.
I don’t pay for Starbucks or alcohol, but I will pay for chipotle or Chick-fil-A twice a week.
Unlimited Ubers.
That’s insane
1 golf game is $100 and tickets to a concert or sport event with his girlfriend and dinner is $200. That’s 1 date a month.
Hanging out at your house is free. Or he can get a job and pay for his dates
You’d rather my kid hang in our basement with his girlfriend than take her on a proper date at least once a month. Or catch a capitals game once a month with his friends? No wonder young men are such a mess now a days.
You think he should give up golfing?
You think he should quit coaching kids and being a special Olympics unified partner to “get a job”?
The whole question was for kids who can’t work right now due to school/sports/volunteering. It wasn’t for slackers hanging in mom’s basement.
I’m 43 and I make 200k a year and a capitals game is a splurge for my and DH. It’s hundreds of dollars plus transportation or parking, plus food and drinks. That’s not a normal way for a 17 year old to hang out
He’ll literally go to 1 this season.
It’s not 100’s if you sit in nosebleeds it’s a bit more than a movie.
He took his girlfriend to see the playoffs for women’s soccer and it was $40 /ticket if you sat in the end zones.
I think that’s a normal monthly date. $100 ish
Maybe for rich people but most people do t have an extra $100 to blow on “a normal monthly date.”
Well they are spending $25 on wings today and going to a movie over the holidays so they also can’t afford a caps game either.
Unless he is paying himself, he can make food at home and watch Netflix
How much does it cost to make food at home? It’s not free. And I’d be paying.
Y’all are fooling yourself if you think your kids are not spending $100 a month on Starbucks, soda, chipotle, etc,
I don’t believe for a second your kids never eat out, never go to the movies, don’t buy makeup or clothes or go out with friends and if they don’t that too bad.
Mine really doesn’t do those things unless he gets a gift card. He’s frugal like his mom. He got Starbucks once and said it tasted like pure sugar (it does). They have a Starbucks where he goes to college now and says girls get it every day. I know my kid isn’t spending this money because I can see his bank account balance. He pays for car insurance, gas, and food st the grocery store so he make his own lunches.
Well that’s still more than $500/mth.
Anonymous
12/28/2025 15:06
Subject: Re:What’s a reasonable allowance for a 17 year old senior? Assume they can’t work until this summer (sport and school and
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I gave my son 500 a month but that included golfing, going to sporting events and concerts.
I don’t pay for Starbucks or alcohol, but I will pay for chipotle or Chick-fil-A twice a week.
Unlimited Ubers.
That’s insane
1 golf game is $100 and tickets to a concert or sport event with his girlfriend and dinner is $200. That’s 1 date a month.
Hanging out at your house is free. Or he can get a job and pay for his dates
You’d rather my kid hang in our basement with his girlfriend than take her on a proper date at least once a month. Or catch a capitals game once a month with his friends? No wonder young men are such a mess now a days.
You think he should give up golfing?
You think he should quit coaching kids and being a special Olympics unified partner to “get a job”?
The whole question was for kids who can’t work right now due to school/sports/volunteering. It wasn’t for slackers hanging in mom’s basement.
I’m 43 and I make 200k a year and a capitals game is a splurge for my and DH. It’s hundreds of dollars plus transportation or parking, plus food and drinks. That’s not a normal way for a 17 year old to hang out
He’ll literally go to 1 this season.
It’s not 100’s if you sit in nosebleeds it’s a bit more than a movie.
He took his girlfriend to see the playoffs for women’s soccer and it was $40 /ticket if you sat in the end zones.
I think that’s a normal monthly date. $100 ish
Maybe for rich people but most people do t have an extra $100 to blow on “a normal monthly date.”
Well they are spending $25 on wings today and going to a movie over the holidays so they also can’t afford a caps game either.
Unless he is paying himself, he can make food at home and watch Netflix
How much does it cost to make food at home? It’s not free. And I’d be paying.
Y’all are fooling yourself if you think your kids are not spending $100 a month on Starbucks, soda, chipotle, etc,
I don’t believe for a second your kids never eat out, never go to the movies, don’t buy makeup or clothes or go out with friends and if they don’t that too bad.
Mine really doesn’t do those things unless he gets a gift card. He’s frugal like his mom. He got Starbucks once and said it tasted like pure sugar (it does). They have a Starbucks where he goes to college now and says girls get it every day. I know my kid isn’t spending this money because I can see his bank account balance. He pays for car insurance, gas, and food st the grocery store so he make his own lunches.
Anonymous
12/28/2025 14:52
Subject: Re:What’s a reasonable allowance for a 17 year old senior? Assume they can’t work until this summer (sport and school and
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I gave my son 500 a month but that included golfing, going to sporting events and concerts.
I don’t pay for Starbucks or alcohol, but I will pay for chipotle or Chick-fil-A twice a week.
Unlimited Ubers.
Wow. That is way more than I give my college student who also can’t work due to sports and school and who doesn’t have access to a car.
I give my college student $50 a week and no uber allowance. She is required to pay for everything on that - activities, sports dinners, clothes, etc. (She doesn’t have to pay for sporting equipment or clothes or shoes because sponsors pay for that).
Do you want a cookie?
Nasty unnecessary response.
Anonymous
12/28/2025 14:27
Subject: Re:What’s a reasonable allowance for a 17 year old senior? Assume they can’t work until this summer (sport and school and
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I gave my son 500 a month but that included golfing, going to sporting events and concerts.
I don’t pay for Starbucks or alcohol, but I will pay for chipotle or Chick-fil-A twice a week.
Unlimited Ubers.
That’s insane
1 golf game is $100 and tickets to a concert or sport event with his girlfriend and dinner is $200. That’s 1 date a month.
Hanging out at your house is free. Or he can get a job and pay for his dates
You’d rather my kid hang in our basement with his girlfriend than take her on a proper date at least once a month. Or catch a capitals game once a month with his friends? No wonder young men are such a mess now a days.
You think he should give up golfing?
You think he should quit coaching kids and being a special Olympics unified partner to “get a job”?
The whole question was for kids who can’t work right now due to school/sports/volunteering. It wasn’t for slackers hanging in mom’s basement.
I’m 43 and I make 200k a year and a capitals game is a splurge for my and DH. It’s hundreds of dollars plus transportation or parking, plus food and drinks. That’s not a normal way for a 17 year old to hang out
He’ll literally go to 1 this season.
It’s not 100’s if you sit in nosebleeds it’s a bit more than a movie.
He took his girlfriend to see the playoffs for women’s soccer and it was $40 /ticket if you sat in the end zones.
I think that’s a normal monthly date. $100 ish
Maybe for rich people but most people do t have an extra $100 to blow on “a normal monthly date.”
Well they are spending $25 on wings today and going to a movie over the holidays so they also can’t afford a caps game either.
Unless he is paying himself, he can make food at home and watch Netflix
How much does it cost to make food at home? It’s not free. And I’d be paying.
Y’all are fooling yourself if you think your kids are not spending $100 a month on Starbucks, soda, chipotle, etc,
I don’t believe for a second your kids never eat out, never go to the movies, don’t buy makeup or clothes or go out with friends and if they don’t that too bad.
You are giving your kid $500 a month..
We budget $500 sometimes it’s less.
I give him $100 for take out, that is chipotle 2x a week.
I give him $100-$200 to spend time with friends (which is normally golf 2x a month but could be golf 1x and a concert ).
I give him $100 to spend on his girlfriend.
I give him $100 for gas, parking, clothes, etc.
He also volunteers every weekend in the winter/spring and has been since he was 11.
His money from his job usually runs out in December. Teens can’t get 40 hours a week.
Every other thread about teens is like why aren’t you people raising your sons to be a better?
I have a son who volunteers, has good friends, takes his girlfriend out on proper dates.
And everybody on this thread is saying he should be sitting in his basement making food or choosing hoops at the park.
GMAFB
You are raising a spoiled, entitled son. True story
No I’m the furthest thing from sorry.
Seriously he’s so inexpensive it’s wild to see anybody crash out over this budget.
With all your SAT tutors, travel sports, makeup, Starbucks, clothes this kid is a bargain. In state tuition for college.
Literally lol to $500/mth.
Y’all just not adding it all up.
Anonymous
12/28/2025 13:53
Subject: Re:What’s a reasonable allowance for a 17 year old senior? Assume they can’t work until this summer (sport and school and
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I gave my son 500 a month but that included golfing, going to sporting events and concerts.
I don’t pay for Starbucks or alcohol, but I will pay for chipotle or Chick-fil-A twice a week.
Unlimited Ubers.
That’s insane
1 golf game is $100 and tickets to a concert or sport event with his girlfriend and dinner is $200. That’s 1 date a month.
Hanging out at your house is free. Or he can get a job and pay for his dates
You’d rather my kid hang in our basement with his girlfriend than take her on a proper date at least once a month. Or catch a capitals game once a month with his friends? No wonder young men are such a mess now a days.
You think he should give up golfing?
You think he should quit coaching kids and being a special Olympics unified partner to “get a job”?
The whole question was for kids who can’t work right now due to school/sports/volunteering. It wasn’t for slackers hanging in mom’s basement.
I’m 43 and I make 200k a year and a capitals game is a splurge for my and DH. It’s hundreds of dollars plus transportation or parking, plus food and drinks. That’s not a normal way for a 17 year old to hang out
He’ll literally go to 1 this season.
It’s not 100’s if you sit in nosebleeds it’s a bit more than a movie.
He took his girlfriend to see the playoffs for women’s soccer and it was $40 /ticket if you sat in the end zones.
I think that’s a normal monthly date. $100 ish
Maybe for rich people but most people do t have an extra $100 to blow on “a normal monthly date.”
Well they are spending $25 on wings today and going to a movie over the holidays so they also can’t afford a caps game either.
Unless he is paying himself, he can make food at home and watch Netflix
How much does it cost to make food at home? It’s not free. And I’d be paying.
Y’all are fooling yourself if you think your kids are not spending $100 a month on Starbucks, soda, chipotle, etc,
I don’t believe for a second your kids never eat out, never go to the movies, don’t buy makeup or clothes or go out with friends and if they don’t that too bad.
You are giving your kid $500 a month..
We budget $500 sometimes it’s less.
I give him $100 for take out, that is chipotle 2x a week.
I give him $100-$200 to spend time with friends (which is normally golf 2x a month but could be golf 1x and a concert ).
I give him $100 to spend on his girlfriend.
I give him $100 for gas, parking, clothes, etc.
He also volunteers every weekend in the winter/spring and has been since he was 11.
His money from his job usually runs out in December. Teens can’t get 40 hours a week.
Every other thread about teens is like why aren’t you people raising your sons to be a better?
I have a son who volunteers, has good friends, takes his girlfriend out on proper dates.
And everybody on this thread is saying he should be sitting in his basement making food or choosing hoops at the park.
GMAFB
You are raising a spoiled, entitled son. True story
Anonymous
12/28/2025 13:49
Subject: Re:What’s a reasonable allowance for a 17 year old senior? Assume they can’t work until this summer (sport and school and
My teens each get $300/mo but we own a small business consider some of it their pay for doing office cleaning about 2hrs/wk each. (Mopping, sweeping, breaking down boxes, taking out the trash, etc) They rotate days.
They pay for their own gas (we pay for cars and insurance), entertainment expenses, anything that is a want and not a need. We almost never give them any other $ throughout the month.
Works well for us so far.
They pay for their own gas (we pay for cars and insurance), entertainment expenses, anything that is a want and not a need. We almost never give them any other $ throughout the month.
Works well for us so far.
Anonymous
12/28/2025 13:33
Subject: Re:What’s a reasonable allowance for a 17 year old senior? Assume they can’t work until this summer (sport and school and
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I gave my son 500 a month but that included golfing, going to sporting events and concerts.
I don’t pay for Starbucks or alcohol, but I will pay for chipotle or Chick-fil-A twice a week.
Unlimited Ubers.
That’s insane
1 golf game is $100 and tickets to a concert or sport event with his girlfriend and dinner is $200. That’s 1 date a month.
Hanging out at your house is free. Or he can get a job and pay for his dates
You’d rather my kid hang in our basement with his girlfriend than take her on a proper date at least once a month. Or catch a capitals game once a month with his friends? No wonder young men are such a mess now a days.
You think he should give up golfing?
You think he should quit coaching kids and being a special Olympics unified partner to “get a job”?
The whole question was for kids who can’t work right now due to school/sports/volunteering. It wasn’t for slackers hanging in mom’s basement.
I’m 43 and I make 200k a year and a capitals game is a splurge for my and DH. It’s hundreds of dollars plus transportation or parking, plus food and drinks. That’s not a normal way for a 17 year old to hang out
He’ll literally go to 1 this season.
It’s not 100’s if you sit in nosebleeds it’s a bit more than a movie.
He took his girlfriend to see the playoffs for women’s soccer and it was $40 /ticket if you sat in the end zones.
I think that’s a normal monthly date. $100 ish
Maybe for rich people but most people do t have an extra $100 to blow on “a normal monthly date.”
Well they are spending $25 on wings today and going to a movie over the holidays so they also can’t afford a caps game either.
Unless he is paying himself, he can make food at home and watch Netflix
How much does it cost to make food at home? It’s not free. And I’d be paying.
Y’all are fooling yourself if you think your kids are not spending $100 a month on Starbucks, soda, chipotle, etc,
I don’t believe for a second your kids never eat out, never go to the movies, don’t buy makeup or clothes or go out with friends and if they don’t that too bad.
You are giving your kid $500 a month..
We budget $500 sometimes it’s less.
I give him $100 for take out, that is chipotle 2x a week.
I give him $100-$200 to spend time with friends (which is normally golf 2x a month but could be golf 1x and a concert ).
I give him $100 to spend on his girlfriend.
I give him $100 for gas, parking, clothes, etc.
He also volunteers every weekend in the winter/spring and has been since he was 11.
His money from his job usually runs out in December. Teens can’t get 40 hours a week.
Every other thread about teens is like why aren’t you people raising your sons to be a better?
I have a son who volunteers, has good friends, takes his girlfriend out on proper dates.
And everybody on this thread is saying he should be sitting in his basement making food or choosing hoops at the park.
GMAFB
Anonymous
12/28/2025 13:26
Subject: What’s a reasonable allowance for a 17 year old senior? Assume they can’t work until this summer (sport and school and
What is reasonable is completely dependent on what the family income level and lifestyle is. We give our senior $200/month to spend at his discretion because that is what we deemed reasonable for our income and allows him a lifestyle that matches what he is used to. I have no issues with someone else gives $500 if that is what is reasonable for them. I'm not sure why this is even controversial. Families have different financial situations.