Pocket Money

shillelagh · 12-12-2009, 13:32

according to a survey done for the halifax the average kids pocket money has gone up 11p this year .. up to £6.24 ...

BBC News - Pocket money 'rose by 11p a week on average' in 2009

boys get a £1 more than girls ....
A survey of 1,202 children aged between eight and 15 for the Halifax bank found that boys typically received just over a pound more than girls.

but i do actually like this bit :

While one in four children said they would save up if there was something expensive they wanted, 17% confessed they would rather resort to pester power to get it.

Thats quite a difference to when i was a kid .. i got £2 a week .. but when i got a paper round and thought i was going to be rich .. id have £4 a week instead of £2 ... my dad said your earning now - you dont get spending money!!!!

So how much do your kids/grandkids get .. and hows their pester power?

cashman · 12-12-2009, 13:43

mine got sod all, unless they did there designated tasks to earn it. don't seem to have done em any harm.

shillelagh · 12-12-2009, 13:48

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Originally Posted by cashman

mine got sod all, unless they did there designated tasks to earn it. don't seem to have done em any harm.

i had to earn my spending money .. wash up when it was my turn and do the polishing ... problem was when dad stopped my spending money i still had to do my jobs!!!

cashman · 12-12-2009, 13:50

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Originally Posted by shillelagh

i had to earn my spending money .. wash up when it was my turn and do the polishing ... problem was when dad stopped my spending money i still had to do my jobs!!!

That probably why we get on - ya were brought up right.

Benipete · 12-12-2009, 14:01

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Originally Posted by cashman

mine got sod all, unless they did there designated tasks to earn it. don't seem to have done em any harm.

Typical Tory attitude.

carl hurles · 12-12-2009, 14:41

our kids clean up to earn there money and thay get about £2-£3 a week but there only young oldest is 10 so dont realy get pestered

jaysay · 12-12-2009, 14:51

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Originally Posted by shillelagh

according to a survey done for the halifax the average kids pocket money has gone up 11p this year .. up to £6.24 ...

BBC News - Pocket money 'rose by 11p a week on average' in 2009

boys get a £1 more than girls ....
A survey of 1,202 children aged between eight and 15 for the Halifax bank found that boys typically received just over a pound more than girls.

but i do actually like this bit :

While one in four children said they would save up if there was something expensive they wanted, 17% confessed they would rather resort to pester power to get it.

That's quite a difference to when i was a kid .. i got £2 a week .. but when i got a paper round and thought i was going to be rich .. id have £4 a week instead of £2 ... my dad said your earning now - you dont get spending money!!!!

So how much do your kids/grandkids get .. and hows their pester power?

My memories not good enough to remember how much I used to get spending money, but I can remember my Grandma living with us and If I didn't get out of my mum I'd always give granny the sad eye

jaysay · 12-12-2009, 14:53

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Originally Posted by Benipete

Typical Tory attitude.

That's just exactly what I thought Beni

flashy · 12-12-2009, 15:36

Reece does loads of jobs for me around the house, maybe more than the average 13 year old does (due to my dodgy arms), he gets a fiver a week plus whatever i've got if he needs anything

pipinfort · 12-12-2009, 15:39

he`ll have plenty of spare `dough` this week then...................

US Angel · 18-12-2009, 02:49

I use to babysit for one pound a night and I thought that was good last time my youngest babysat she made $60 for 6 hrs (4 kids and over midnight)

Gayle · 18-12-2009, 16:29

Better not tell my two how much other kids get. Maddie gets £1 and Zack gets 70p, which will go up 10p on his 8th birthday in Jan.

This is only for saving up, I buy them comics and treats as well.