My 17.9 year old daughter has been campaigning for a review of her allowance. I say "campaigning" - I mean "throwing tantrums". She has to pay for her own clothes, including for school, for public transport amd for all her entertainment. For our sins she goes to a school where most of the other kids' families are quite a bit better off than us, and just hand over whatever cash their kids ask for, so I prefer that she doesn't feel liek a poor relation all the time, but also don't want to raise a spoilt brat (too late, you say ...)
What is a reasonable amount, and or philosophy ??
I got a sunday job, had to pay my mum £20 a week board, but still had plenty of money for everything I needed (and enough to mean that uni is comfortable so far 
I got a job when I was 16, but it was so massively and utterly depressing I gave it up - I preferred to do without the money! After all, time is one of the most valuable things in the world once your food and shelter are taken care of.
