How much board should a teenager starting full-time work pay?

[Pedrostt500]

This is just my sugestion, Tell him / her that board is set at $200 per week, they can reduce the amount they pay each week buy reducing your house hold work load, ie Vacuming twice a week $10 reduction, washing all of own clothes $ 10 reduction, washing dishes each night $2 per night, making own lunch, $2 per day, cooking family meals, $ 5 per day, etc.
If they have a lazy week for any reason charge them the full $ 200, they will soon learn a few leassons that will set them up for flatting and life beyond, if they move home for any reason, make the same rules apply.

And remember Uncle Pedro says the other name for child is SLAVE.

[Argyle]

Stop charging for weeks, learn your kids to calculate a budget on a month always. Makes them hold on to money much better.

[Brian d marge]

ok i would like to know who voted "none" on the poll and tell me why

could this be your son?

me
but there was no button for charge em 1/4 assuming 4 in the family , and then give em the money back when they need the deposit for a house

over here, Most if not all younng kids live at home , they pay a token rent , but for example my sister in law in in a high paid job , pays F all for rent , but she saves a lot ,,,for the future

some young women I know atthe age of 40 STILL live at home ( though they look after folks and work ) save HEAPS of money


So yeah IF you can cover it , charge em a fair do , but give the money back for a house or something substantial like a Bike ,......

Stephen

[Conquiztador]

I am a single dad with 4 boys:

While my oldest was at High School any money he erned from his work was his to keep. We had an agreement: As long as he was studying and passed the required levels I would provide for him. Everything he needed. If he wanted additional things that was not really needed (mobile, Xbox, motorbike etc) he had two options: Work and buy them, or wait for bthdays and Xmas and he might be lucky. As soon as the work would start to affect his school study he would have to finish the work.

If he, after turning 16 decided (and managed to convince me) to finish work and work only, I would charge a board. But if he completed his High School, got all the required credits on his Level 3 and a Uni Entrance, then I would as reward allow him 6 months for no board until I started charging $50/week.

He is not stupid: He quickly made the maths and (even if we had a few serious arguments and there was some repucassions: Xbox went away for a while...) decided for the completion of his High School. From his group of 12 friends he was the only who got L3 and a Uni Entrance. I would like to think that this arrangement had something to do with it. (I know that me being really hard on him and pushing was one of the reasons he now has the Uni Entrance)

After the 6 months of no board he had not made any advancement in the work. He worked 2 nights a week at the bar. Now I was to start charging board. He was not happy re the $50 as it would have left him with $50/week in hand.

We live 10-15 min away from the towns and he was using his bike to go to work or to mates. The $50 he would have left was petrol money. So he had to do some thinking.

The outcome was that he found more hours work in Napier. His mum lives there, so he moved in with her in a flatmate situation where normal flatmate arrangements are in place (well... flatting with your mum has benefits: he hardly cooks anything apart from frozen pizzas, she does the cleaning and the washing...) and he pays 1/2 of rent, power, phone and food costs.

I am happy how all worked out and will do exactley the same for my 3 younger ones even if by then I am hoping to be living with someone again.

If/when the day comes that he decides on Uni or a technical institute he will need to save up for it or take a loan. But I will support him financially to whatever level I can manage. I did always intend to be there for my boys. It is what I think parents are for.