How much pocket money do you think a 13 year old boy should get a week.?

Answer 1

That depends.

If he does some work at home, if he helps the family,
then he should get a fair payment.

Answer 2

I didn't get anything regular at that age - birthday money and an occassional pound or so from grandparents. Consider what he needs to spend money on? If he has a hobby maybe you could agree that he gets things for his hobby in return for good school results or something - same for mobile phone top-ups. If he wants to save for a bigger thing (a bike or games console) then I think he should earn it by doing chores around the house.

Maybe in another year or so he could have a clothing allowance or a monthly allowance so he can go on dates or to the cinema with friends.

When I got to sixteen I was given the 'child allowance' cos i stayed in full time education and my mum thought I needed some money so I could be more independent.

Answer 3

If you have the money to give him pocket money. then get him helping out, or put the money in an account for leaving school fund. money in the pocket is never a good idea, they don't learn to appreciate it. i had to do a paperround from the age of 13, no reason why he cant! or even gardenin or something like that, odd jobs are a brilliant idea!

Answer 4

My youngest son is 16 years old now; but the way I use to determine the amount of allowance he'd receive at the end of a week, is the amount of chores he'd get done that week! I'm a firm believer in letting a child this age earn his/her money; it gives them more respect for what they spend their money on and makes them appreciate it more! I'd pay my son according to the job; if he helped cut the lawn, which took approx. 2 and 1/2 hours, I'd pay him $10.00, if he'd take the trash out all week, I'd pay him $5.00, etc. If my son needed money and there wasn't anything he could do to earn it that particular week, I'd lend him the money and he'd do chores for $0.00 until his debt was paid! Now at the age of 16, my son has his own job after school that pays for his driving privileges; Ins.,gas,etc.! He respects my way of teaching him the value of a dollar bill!

Answer 5

hey im 16 & my bro is 14 for the past 3 years my mum has had £20 put directly in 2 our card cash accounts but before that she use 2 give me £20 every time i went out though ive always had access 2 my card cash account which ive had since i was 11 but 4 the money i get i load the dishwasher & unload it & i do the iroining

Answer 6

None. I never gave any of my kids allowance. They are growing up perfectly happy, very independent and are all very hard workers. My oldest are grown and in their early twenties and have more money in the bank than I did unit i was in my forties. My younger kids are always looking for ways to make money (instead of sitting on PlayStation) and save almost all of it.
Kids should have a list of chores to do because they are part of the family, not for an allowance. If you like you can always give them extra jobs they can do for you for a little spending money.

Answer 7

Nothing - he's old enough to get a wee paper round or something. And when he's not on his paper round, he should be down t'pit or making corks for wine bottles or something for a pittance. Keep the little blighter busy and he won't end up on street corners wearing hoodies, drinking buckfast and generally being an oily tick.

Answer 8

This is how it works in our home with our 13 yr old son...

If he cleans his room GOOD he earns $5.00, if he takes out the trash without us telling him to he earns $1.00 for each time. If he does the dishes on his night without us telling him to he earns $2.00.

At the end of the week, if he has done all of his chores without us telling him to, we tell him the amount of money that he has earned.

Next, we discuss how his "attitude" has been for the week, for example, if at any time during the week he has talked to either of us with that "teenager" tone in his voice, he looses money for that. If he gets a bad report from a teacher, misbehaving in class, he looses money for that. If for any reason he has been disrespectful during the week he looses money for that.

After the discussion, we total up how, if any, money he has for the week and we talk about how he can do better in the future.

13 yr olds tend to shut themselves off from their parents. We have found this to be atleast a little helpful in opening up some communication with our teenager.

Good luck to you.

Answer 9

I do not think he should get any...I think he should earn it. If they earn it, it makes it a lot harder to just pull it out of their pocket every time the see something the think they want. Make him do chores, dishes, vacuum and stuff like that. Just give it to him and he will not sense of value for the things money buys and he will not learn to appreaciate the value of a dollar.

Answer 10

my kids have a chore list and if during the week thay do all the chores on the list then they either have the choice of money at the end of the week or they can save it up for a month for a new game for their game games consoles the choice is theirs but they have to do the work i think it teaches them that nothing in life is free and you have to work hard for the good things in life it also depends on your financial situation as well

Answer 11

12 pounds - it's not too much that he can just splurge out on anything each week, but it's not too little that he can't allow himself anything. Should cover a good weekend day out at the cinema and pizza hut with his mates every week, or he can learn about saving up, then treat himself with something big (e.g. a videogame) at the end of the month.
Then maybe a fiver for every chore like hoovering all of downstairs, washing the car etc.