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Do you want to know what your kids spend their pocket money (allowance I think its called these days), or is it given on the understanding that it is their choice what they do with it?

On the same note, if they save for something, do we then have to restrict them as to what they save for?

I let mine buy what they want with it - I might try some gentle persuasion, But ultimatley it 's their money.

Pat

We do ..............our youngest goes nowhere unless one of the family is with her, so she buys what she wants with a bit of guidance from whoever is with her if she is about to get something unsuitable.

well mine are only little at the mo so they get an amount put int here money boxes a week
but when other people give them moeny they buy what they want within reason

but they normally put that in there money boxes to and con me into buying it hahaha

We didn't give any....lol

We bought them pretty much what they wanted until they were old enough to work for me at the Hotel and then they had to save half and they drew up lists of what they wanted to buy and saved for it. Any birthday/Christmas money they could do what they liked with and we never asked.

The money we gave them when at Uni (gawd it never stops) was sent in the form of food deliveries or else they would have drunk it :-((

Now when it came to money given for birthdays etc, I would ask them to put half away in the bank, and they could use the other half for what they wanted. They did this, and ended up with £10k each when they left home. I'm so glad I did that, because I had nothing at all LOL

I would always cast a guiding eye over their spending, but never interfere. I would give advice, sometimes say, why don't you wait a few weeks until the sales, or leave it till we next go to such and such place....but I wouldn't TELL them what to spend it on.

mine are only young, but H was eyeing up an "animal hospital" thing the other day, reduced to 1.48 in the supermarket, she pointed out, ever so politiely that my mum had given her a "whole five pounds" to spend......so I let her buy that, and we bought O some dinosaurs...! most money goes into their money box, and eventually into their savings/trust fund..

On the other hand, when my son wanted the latest adidas trainers, costing £105 ....back in 1995!!!!....I flatly refused to buy them. There was an enormous row, but we agreed in the end, I would give him the money towards them, what I would be prepared to pay for trainers, and he would save and pay the rest. I put in £25 and he got a job and earned the rest, working in a pizza shop at weekends.

We don't just hand pocket money out ~ our kids have to earn it by doing chores and if they want anything they save for it, however grandad puts money into their account reguarly for them to make "wise purchases" which my daughter recently chose to pay half toward her trip to the trenches in France and now she is doing odd jobs to get 20 Euros together she also gets money for goals (courtesy of uncle M) and the other two get extra for helping at uncle M's although they love him so much they would do it for free he has no kids and likes to "spoil" all 9 of his nieces/nephews a little

Where I live the little b****** buy eggs and throw them at house, cars etc

Some shops refuse to sell eggs to kids round here...especially around halloween. But that is surely down to parental guidance...or lack of it.

Mine earned their pocket money, they wouldn' t get it if they didn't do their share in the home, or if they stepped over boundaries with behaviour, which I'll admit was rare, even though they were no angels...lol

A couple of years ago the local shops did stop selling eggs to kids.

The problem has just started again within the last month.

Not funny trying to wash dried egg and flour off your car or waking up to find eggs smashed down your front room window.