Secondary School Pocket Money
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I am giving my dd $35/week solely for food/drinks.
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If the allowance is given weekly, does your kid bring the full or balance of allowance everyday? Or you expect her to split accordingly …say $5 each day or put the full $30 or whatever in her pocket? Any risk of losing the money?
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parentof3:
I'm giving $100 a month for my sec1 DS. But I deduct $10 upfront for savings ....
This is a good habit. Hope you dont patent this bcos I am gonna copy this method !!
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mrschan:
I am giving my dd $35/week solely for food/drinks.
My daughter (sec 4) gets S$20 a week. Might do the same for my son. -
Maybe the amount varies from school to school bcos the canteen in some schools may be more ex than some other schools.
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VitoRelax:
Maybe the amount varies from school to school bcos the canteen in some schools may be more ex than some other schools.
fren how much u give ur kids
Mine says his friends are getting ard $50 thereabouts per week
I neither want to deprive nor indulge him
Just want him to hv enough to eat comfortably with some leftover to save. -
Many many years ago, my mom gave me $5 per day for pocket money when I was in secondary school.
That doesn’t include my bus fares.
So if we are talking about inflation, I do feel some parents are under giving the pocket
Money.
By the way, do the parents here give the allowance daily, weekly or monthly? -
kiasimom:
I understand most food at canteen cost between $1.20 to $2.50. With addition of drinks, break time will be cost about $2 and lunch is $3. So one week I give her $30.00. For small stationery items like pen and correction tape she uses her pocket money to buy them at the bookshop. E-z link card is topped up by me.Many many years ago, my mom gave me $5 per day for pocket money when I was in secondary school.
That doesn't include my bus fares.
So if we are talking about inflation, I do feel some parents are under giving the pocket
Money.
By the way, do the parents here give the allowance daily, weekly or monthly?
Not every child will ask parent for more pocket money, I used to give her too little, thinking she will ask if not enough. In the end I found out she has been choosing the cheaper foods in the canteen. So poor thing. Now, I make sure pocket money is enough by asking my friends who have children.
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I gave my DD $30 every week exluding ezlink card top-up, she is in Sec 1 this year.
I think $25/week will be enough for food and drinks, (average food price is $2.2 and drink is about $1), the additional $5/week will be her extra allowance in case she need to buy some small small things.
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cindylauper:
My elder girl's school, average price is around $1.60. I observed this second one's school is around $2.20. So Vitrorelax is right. We cant use the same standard for different schools.
I understand most food at canteen cost between $1.20 to $2.50. With addition of drinks, break time will be cost about $2 and lunch is $3. So one week I give her $30.00. For small stationery items like pen and correction tape she uses her pocket money to buy them at the bookshop. E-z link card is topped up by me.
Not every child will ask parent for more pocket money, I used to give her too little, thinking she will ask if not enough. In the end I found out she has been choosing the cheaper foods in the canteen. So poor thing. Now, I make sure pocket money is enough by asking my friends who have children.
As for insufficient pocketmoney, my elder girl (last year Sec 4) shared with me that some of her classmates were getting miserable pocket money. Not all parents can afford to give that much, there are still many poorer ones around. So what happen is that those who have more pocket money will chip in some to help once a while, especially when they go Mac or KFC otherwise the poor kids can only watch while their friends eat.
I also heard of kids who always ask others to buy them drinks and did not return the money, it became a habit later.
My friend's son resort to absent from CCA or supplementary classes and go distributing pamphlet to get more pocket money. Of course my friend wont know about such thing until someone saw her son. :shock:
I'm not saying we should indulge our children. Giving them what they need is important.
Enough or not is very subjective, each parent will have to assess and judge. :celebrate:
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