my 15 year old is quite demanding and she likes alot of material things!i dont usually ask such a question but i just thought,id like to know the views of other people?she gets normally about £10 a week from us and she gets another £10 for a job.shes into all this 'emo' stuff and i dont know how much that all costs haha!thanks guys. :-)
2007-03-22 23:35:48 · 19 answers · asked by sue o 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Adolescent
My sister has 2 teenagers at home and she makes them keep track of how much work they do around the house (timewise) and than she pays them hourly. she pays them $5.50 an hour and if she thinks that they are taking too long to do something than she decides how many minutes it should have taken. For example if it takes my one niece 45 minutes to do the dishes than my sister only pays her for how long it would take my sister to do it. and when they do the laundry they only get about 5 or 10 mins and they don't get any mins for folding it cuz it takes them so long. the girls keep track of their chores and mins to do them and it seems to work out for them. Good luck!!
2007-03-23 00:07:09 · answer #1 · answered by Craig's wife, mom of 3 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
She is old enough to get a part-time job. Since she likes material things, she should learn that you have to work for nice things. Letting her spend money frivolously is not instilling the value of money. She will be an adult in a few short years. Good Luck
2007-03-23 01:54:54 · answer #2 · answered by Jm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never got an allowance a day in my life. The money I got, I earned. I had my own business at 16. My children do not get an allowance but, I won't deny them things they want if they can either justify why they think they should get it or they earn the money themselves. My 16 year old has her own job and is very smart with her money. All my children do fairly well with their money. Please don't ruin your child's future by making them dependant on others for everything in life. If she earns the money and wants to buy "emo" stuff then that's on her but if you just give her the money she will never realize the value of work and money.
2007-03-23 00:57:07 · answer #3 · answered by dadof7n2001 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I have a 16-year-old son. I provide his needs such as food, clothes, school supplies, etc., but if he wants anything extra (like right now he wants a pair of $120 shoes), he has to save the money and pay for it himself.
2007-03-23 00:25:54 · answer #4 · answered by spelling nazi 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your 15 year old makes more per week then I ever made for allowance. When my sister and I wanted more money, they told us to save (which taught us budgeting and financial responsibility) or to get a job (which we did, but still learned the above because we worked hard for the money we made!).
Tell her that if she REALLY wants this emo stuff, she will get a job, save, and buy it herself.
2007-03-23 01:41:51 · answer #5 · answered by bpbjess 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that her pay should reflect the amount of work she put into earning it. If she worked hard for you, without complaint, then give her a fair wage. If she bucked and complained or did not accomplish the job you gave to her, then decrease her wages. Is it any different in the work world? If one shows up for work and does a good job, they get to keep their job and get paid. If they do not come to work as they should, and do a lousy job, they get fired or demoted.
This will give her a taste of what the working world is like.
2007-03-22 23:40:38 · answer #6 · answered by C J 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what the driving age is over there in Slovakia or whatever...but once she's able to drive, she needs to get a job. I had to earn all my own money since 1 month before my 16th birthday.
2007-03-23 13:57:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say that £10 a week is enough. I used to get £5 a week until I was sixteen and could get a part-time job!
2007-03-22 23:38:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
£10 is enough i get $10 dollerswitch is around £5 but for every spank i recive in the week i loose a $ this week i got $1
2007-03-24 08:13:47 · answer #9 · answered by maddie g 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When i was 16 i got an allowance of £100 a month. Now that i have a job and earn £350 a month my mother only supplies me with money for buses and food as such. I wish she would give me more so i could buy more clothes.
if she likes emo stuff, give her no money. its NOT cool.
2007-03-23 00:57:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋