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I get slightly more than what the University student in the survey gets ^^;

But 60 USD for a college final year student?! Kinda low I think.

*Sees Mirai Business Cards. Drools ^^;*

Over in the US, college is basically the same as university. Did you mean like High School?

I get about 200 CDN pocket money each month from my parents. But most of my living expenses come from the money I save from work during the summer. University is also a money vacuum, you wouldn't believe how much textbooks and tuition is...and I heard its going to go up again next year. stupid stupid government....

I would make them do chores, and depending on if they did the chores, did them well, and so on, I would pay them based on that. This way they arent just handed money, and they have to understand the value of hard work. My parents had a lot of money, but if I wanted a dollar from my parents, I had to go work for it. If I needed five dollars, I could wash one of their cars. I remember packing seafood at my dads work into boxes in a huge freezer at age 8 so I could make a couple bucks. They didnt buy me a car, I leased one at 16, they didnt pay for any of my expenses except school and only then if I got a B average. At 22 I bought my own house from saving money, and make a decent living. I dont think I would have appreciated anything as much if my parents didnt make me work for it.. for myself.

@Qingy, wait until you start paying taxes. WhooooO!

im currently getting sgd500 allowance moolah from my company internship

Hi Danny, how r u?

It will be great if we can have more details about these cute visit cards ^o^

Huh? What? Parents give money? All I got from my folks way back when was a smack in the head, and the phrase "don't you have a job to get to?". Luckily I was a professional hitman, so it paid well.

FatB,
LOL

KCA,
I got two business cards - one for Mirai Inc and one for dannychoo.com.
There are business chances everywhere!

Don,
Was referred to "college" in the UK back then so I guess "high school" in your region.

Windbell,
I must have forgotten to give you one last time ^^;

A lack of personal spending money builds character. By the time a child lives through a childhood of "poverty", watching all his/her friends go out and buy stuff with money their parents gave them, and they reach the legal working age, they will have the vigor and motivation to earn their keep. All that's left at that point is to teach money management.

Giving pocket money involves trust and responsibility...
If the child thinks it is free money to spend on whatever goes through his/her mind, it is fruitless.

On the contrary, the ultimate goal is to save and learn about spending money in a wise way. At least it's how I have learned things and must be much different for many.

Let's say I have learned the true value of things and people and I'm glad for it.

Well, I'm a third year university student and I hardly get any money from my parents besides the schoolarship (and I have a government credit for half of it)... sucks to buy coffee with your own hard-earned money

I just got to ask Danny. What is that watch you have over there?

I think it's a good idea to sort of limit how much pocket money you give your kids. It makes them value things like earning their own, saving money, etc. Especially here in Japan where there are so many places and so many things to spend money on.

hmm. depends on the job i have and as they grew older, i guess ill increase bit by bit? just like how my parents are treating me now

"College" in the UK means something like... 11'th/12'th grade for US schools...

Basically your AP's.

In the UK, they take A-Levels...

and for me... I took IB >___>

There really is something wrong with my parents since they don't give limit to my pocket money.

They'd just give me around 40 USD initially and then they'd give me more if I used that up.

But I have never asked for more than 114 USD of pocket money before, since everything is dirt cheap here.

The answer to the question though Danny... depends on what you conscider "pocket money"...

right..?

I know I used to receive more than 12,000 yen/month in highschool... but it would include things like transport etc... sometimes I'd use it to help buy stuff if my parents needed me to do some grocery shopping etc.

And through this, I guess I learned more monetary responsibility... as... it encompassed more than just "self spending money"

now, I'm in Uni in the UK... and I get FAR more for "allowance"... but this also includes money for cooking food, phone bills, competitions...

Next year it'll expand to rent... internet, water, gas... electricity... everything.

so yeah... You can't really "teach" someone how to be financially responsible by limiting the amount of money... you've got to be flexible to the situation... of course, there are limits. But yeah.

Well, I'm a highschool student, and most of my own things came from my own cash. However, lately, I've been too preoccupied with school to work, and so; resort to pocket money. Event though, I never try to swindle loads of cash from my parents and try to stay a little smart with it. Generally speaking, not including the money I have made, my parents give me usually anywhere from $40-60 out of their pocket maybe each month? Sometimes less, just depends on whether or not weekends are filled with studying or hanging out at a friends house.

Someone seriously explain to me the currency in Japan...

i never get this "pocket money."
all i do is hassle some kids and win there money.

as a general rule, 100~120 yen = 1 USD.

1 yen = 1 cent... give or take a bit.

Just divide any value you see of yen by about 100/110/120 and you have a very approximate value of it in USD.

Half that yet again, and now you have the value in Pounds.

I'm just got into college, so i only get 20CAD from my parents every month since i don't have a job yet. So I'm really kinda broke throughout the year.

All i can say is thank god for Chinese New Year!

For now as I'm a polytechnic student I do receive SGD 200 and abit more for other expenses. Thats pretty close to 130 USD a month. But I do take up holiday jobs when I have a long holiday, which usually lasts around 2 months.
LOL those kids in Japan are getting so little... Then what do they eat/survive on? Air?

Much less then what I expected from the japanese.

An average secondary SG student get at least 70~80sgd per month.

I used to get about $40 USD a month but now it's down to 0 seeing as I got a job.

about $20 gets me through a week... so i'd probably do the same with any litle ones... Like others I wouldnt mind more.

I don't get any pocket money, I just buy things with money from my study financing. ^^

I would probably give my future children somewhere between 1-50 euros (give them too much and they'll most likely start to get spoiled).

I didn't see the "per month" I thought it was like "per week" or something. It's a bit low over there.

I'm getting around SGD 80 per month. So I'm your average secondary school kid in SG?

I'll probably increase the kid's allowance along with their age.. giving too much at a young age would really spoilt them.

That is so little! I get about that amount per week for each level till university. I though Japan's high cost of living means higher pocket money.

Money from my parents... I get to live here for free. In fact I cant think of any of my friends that get any, we had to save what we got from b-day and xmiss.

@tetrflare

Umm.. I think it's more like you're getting so much rather than Japanese getting so little.. yeah, they're getting lower than expected pocket money but it's not that low, I think... ^^

Cheers.

Wow... They have it tough those kids in Japan... I get roughly $50 a month, even with these, I still don't have enough to buy manga/figures... I'm also saving for a n Xbox 360, which will take about 12 months of pocket money to be saved... I'm gonna end up dying early... Sob

Hmmm... I think I started receiving allowances in the final year of Primary School, IIRC it was US$10 and I used it to buy a monthly comic book (Lupín the pilot, no relation with the anime)
I continued receiving money in the first years of Secondary School, but after that I started to work.
So when I started University, I paid for everithing with my own money.

I was teached to save from the very beginning, as a result, now I'm a cheap bastard :P I don't even spend money in things I like.
On the positive side, I can mostly rest assured that if my country's economy collapsed tomorrow (as it often does), I'll not become poor overnight.

BTW, I have your feed displayed on my site since september, always forgot to mention. Can you activate me?

34 usd for secondary students per month, it is a torture, i get S$40 per week.

i get 20$ per week
that's Rp200.000,00 in indo

To anybody who picked more than $50: please go back in time 20 years and adopt me. I promise I'll get a job when I'm 14.

O_o I... I got 1-2 SGD dollars max when I was in primary school LOL I remember skipping recess food just to play skipping rope games with my classmates :3
I think I got 5 bucks in secondary, more when I got into polytechnic :P It is most just to get some food in break time... Thankfully for side jobs (illustration related) for other savings (woot!)

oops forgot to add that it was per school days, weekends no $ ^^;

Seems like us singaporeans are getting more pocket money than average compared to other people. But I do not feel it is alot. Spending on our meals and transport is about it with a little left for saving. Is singapore cost of living actually considered high?

I was working part-time at McDs by my Junior year of High School and have been on my own since after graduation. My folks are always there should I hit a major financial snafu (like loss of employment) but for the most part I've taken care of my own expenses for the last five or six years. Allowance from my family when I did recieve it was rarely more than 10-20 USD and that was in return for doing work around the house (stacking/moving firewood, raking leaves, etc).

I would probably give $5 a month when they're young, but only if the do chores. They will get all of their "candy" from me, as I will be the one buying the candy and eating it lol. When they become teenagers then $50 sounds good, as long as grades are kept up. When they become university students then their "allowance" becomes tuition money lol. But thats a while from now as I am a university student myself ^^.

I got my pocket money depending on my school grades.
So when i had a test and scored a 1 ( 100%) then i got 50DM (bout 25euros) which was the max. A lower grade would result in less money.
Then again we had like 3-4 Tests every two weeks and sadly not every test ended up with 100%. ^o^;

I don't plan to have kids, i would be a horrible mother with my anime and internet addiction. xD

I got a parttime job in the final years in Highschool and worked through university, it was better money then my pocket money and it saved my from the guild trip.

wah the pocket money amount in the survey was about the same as i got during my school days. I haven't got any pocket money since i started internship last year and now army. 1 year with my own money, most of it ended up in my hobbies XD

As a physics student,it's very hard if not impossible to have a part time job.I know some universities in japan even forbid students to get part time jobs,I wonder how students in japan without scholarships are able to pay all the expenses.

I've not had pocket money since I was out of highschool. The highest I ever got was probably about £10 a week? Got my first proper job at CEX in Leeds at 18 nearly 4 years ago, and then quit there and moved to Japan in 2005 and have been pretty much self-sufficient since then (with a whole host of mad money making schemes along the way!). It seems like an age has passed since the days of pocket money!

When I have kids off in the future, I guess a decent secondary school pocket money would be about £5 or if it is still in Japan, around 1000 yen per week.

wow that's really small. i thought japanese kids are showered with money because when you look at their valuables clothes, accessories, models, toys, etc they got top brand stuff. or i guess they save up and stuff. hmm you learn somethign new everyday.

anyways when i have kids i think $100 a month should be enough. i grew up not getting alot of money or getting alot of the stuff i wanted, but nowadays everything's pretty expensive and kids need to eat. haha

im a college student and i currently live with about 75USD a month so i think that should be enough for my kids as well(inflation excluded).

I never got money growing up, but I didn't really want to buy anything either so I never asked for it. In college I get around 200 USD/month for food, but since I cook for myself I can cut it down to about 80-100 and save the rest for more interesting things.

$34.00 per month is more than the average salary in Madagascar! xD But life's not expensive at all so kids don't need more than $10.00 I guess. If you live in the country side, $5.00 is too much, haha!

I hear that japanese kids in school pool their money together and give it to one lucky kid for the month to spurge on something big.

big trust issue for me. i didnt even lend other kids my g.i.joes when i younger :/

I'm not voting in this poll for one single reason, I don't get anything per month XD, when I need money my parents give me.

They give me in the beginning of each school year around 250€ to spend in college, mostly I only spend it on food and copies for worksheets and stuff.

If I received 100€ per month from my parents......hehe hello new figures and gunpla ^^

I don't get anything, pocket money is alien to me. I used to envy the lucky so-and-so's at school but it doesn't make a difference to me any more.

Well, I would give my kid some money but not too much, in proportion I say.

Get roughly $20 a week

Hmm, probably not more than $10 before they are 10 y.o.; between $20-50 before they turn 18 y.o. I guess similar to the Japanese survey results. But who knows how much $10 is worth in the future when my partner and I spawn! >XP

Also, I have to agree, great looking b-cards, Danny! Very curious to see what they look like (both sides) and in what situation you give out each/both.

I only get 5 S$ per week. kids these days are rich... then again, prices for all stuff are rising everywhere.

Sorry, i made a mistake. S$ 5 per DAY, not week.

sorry again for the double post.

Well I guess it depends a lot on what you have to buy with it. If you have to pay for your own school books, clothes and so on, then obviously it will be much higher.

I guess this is why school kids in Japan never get to fully enjoy figurines, games and DVDs.

i stopped getting pocket money when i was 19.

back then i get about US130 from my mum. 1/4 of it will be spent on transportation while the rest will be spent on food and going out with friend. i also made it a habit to save a portion of it.

i used to get around $10 sgd per day during my junior college life.. but since i entered a damn place.. i am on my own..

My kids will get precisely jack because that's exactly what I got. I'm sure I might grow soft and give some sort of allowance along the way, but they'll definitely have to work for it.

In high school I got an allowance of 50 USD a month, but then once I graduated and started university studies my parents were like "earn your own money." Haha so no more allowance for me. Then again our university is good about hooking us up with internships/jobs for the summer, where I'd probably be able to earn $5k-6k. Plus I have scholarships. That's plenty of money for me for now.

Haha, I never got CRAP from my parents. -.-"

I get around the equivalent of 3000 yen a week, so around $80 USD a month to go wild on. I have spent a lot of my bank account and I am getting a job with the University next semester ^^. Too many model kits and "odd" projects....

In junior high school, I got something around CHF 10 a week but after that, I got CHF 70 a week since I had to have lunch outside (the school was around 20km from home, so getting home for lunch wasn't really a realistic option) and it had to cover fuel after I got a car. That amount got into the negative since I have been earning money myself (that is, the allowance was kind of a interest-free credit)

the highest amount of money that i got from 'em was 20bucks(that's back in high school) for college i get nothing!! (anyway i work so i don't really need their money)

Well I used to get £10(about $20) a month... which is a squitty amount for someone who buys manga/anime/figures. But I now have a job, so its all good. :nods: Of course right after I got a job they decided to raise the pocket money for my brothers!!!! SO UNFAIR!!!

Parents in Japan are giving pocket money to their children even if they are at uni? That's great! In many countries university students have to work to earn $114 a month. Uni students usually both study and work part time.

I have to literally beg to get allowance. Got tiring after a while, but I can't even find jobs right now -_-.

after rent, food and all other garbage things i have to pay, i usually get 100 bucks to spend, which i always go over budget :(

Mines like the University amount...
:p

By the way Danny, your note book or... something, is that just costumised for show? o.O

Wait, If I remember correctly, Its your Mirai Company...?

i got 2 dollars a day ...thats good enough for them to save up for what they want.. teaches them to save for what you want instead of credit cards and loans etc.....

I get around 80$ by month, and sometimes more, so it's not that bad, but I just got xbox360 and new games here are for around 80-100$ :/ Now it's not so nice :/

I use to get around $50 a month back when I was still in college. T'was a small amount but it certainly helped me to spend it wisely. ^^ Now that I have a job I couldn't be happier as I get to buy the stuff that I want when I want> heheh

In Middle school i use to get around 10 bucks. But once i hit high school i got a job and made my own loot! i guess its hard to be a kid in Japan.

My parents stopped giving me money last semester because I only have two subjects left and I'm taking them one subject per semester. I had to look for a part-time job but since it didn't pay that much, I was lucky enough to get a full-time job (where I'm currently employed).

i get no money from my parents, I make more then they do heheheh for a while now. When they did it was never a set amount, simply when I needed some sort of amount I would get it, but nothing big. I think I would be the same with my kids by giving them money that they might need (nothing big though)

SG,
Its a wallet for business cards.

kaeze,
Sometimes I end up giving both. If there is no business involved then they get the dannychoo.com one. But business partners want the dannychoo.com one too ^^;

jorweeck,
Custom built - two casio watches ^^;

ooo i was wondering where i could get that business card holder that you have and how much was it?

Parents pay for my tuition fees

and im not living with my parents, so the rest is from work.

i wanna live back home, i miss my mom's cooking orz

I've never asked for anything special, so I usually get as much as I would want whenever I wanted it. Still do actually :)

Stopped getting pocket money from my parents at the age of 25. Nowadays, it's my bi-weekly pay and tax return (which I get every 2-6 months) and some cash from my relatives during Xmas.

As I know when I at primary and secondary school I did not have any pocket money and my house is just in front of the school is like 500 meter in distance. I usually bring my own lunch box. If I forget then I just need to call home and my parent will bring it for me. But when I get older "now at university" and far away from home so my parent did give me some pocket money.

When I was smaller (around ten years old), my parents decided to test how I manage my money, so they gave me 10 dollars per week for some time. I either splurged like crazy or saved my money as if it was mana, it was very unbalanced.

I think it's important to give kids money when they are still young to see how they react to the fact they have their own money, and educate them accordingly.

i use to get 10SGD for the first 3 years of primary school. From primary 4 - 6 i got like 16SGD , that makes out to $0.80/day. But that will depends on what the money is used for. Don't have bento habits so the money is used for food. Transport and books are covered by another funding.

16SGD = roughly 11USD. so i fell below the survey level ^^;;. But it does help me learn to spend within my means and at the same time force me to learn how to save money if i want to get anything else.

I used to give my kids $10 a week if they did chores, and I got so tired of having to remind them of doing them all the time. Now I'm unemployed and have no money to give them at all so they get nothing. I hope this instills in them a little appreciation for the value of money.

My parents don't give me any allowances. Maybe only up to primary school they gave me pocket money. But after that they don't. Basically if I have anything I want to buy I'd just ask them. I'm not such a big spender (more to stingy, I think). But I kind of wished my parents limit my allowance and so I'd have the urge to work part time to earn money for myself.

If my kid still wanted pocket money at college and university age I'd tell him to stuff it where the sun don't shine. Once you are of college and university age you can get a job. I think it teaches young adults better responsibility and financial management if they get a job to earn money once they are able.

Some kids never learn the value of money and jobs because they've never had to know because their parents always spoiled them with pocket money, but once they get a job and get into the 'real world' they don't know what to do with themselves. They end up with credit cards, debts, overdrafts and struggling to make ends meet because they just don't know the value of money and just spend spend spend frivolously until its all gone, then they're up the creek without a paddle and end up crying on the parents shoulder. *Yes I do know people like this*

School levels seem reasonable, but pocket money at college/university? No-one I know was still getting pocket money after they left school!

when I was younger really didn't get that much maybe 15-20 USD every two weeks. until I was like 12 Yrs old. then in my early teens I started to work part time. so really didn't need parents to give me money anymore.

Allowances ? Huh?
When I was between the ages of 15-18, all I heard from my parents was "you need to find a job".

I think that would depend on my income -.-" lol.
But I wouldn't mind giving them some extra pocket money to get figures ^^;

When I was young, I didn't get any pocket money. I did get money for finishing chores however. When/if I have kids, I don't believe I'll be giving them a regular allowance.

It really depends on their needs, really

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I don't know how much I would give, but I think it's important for a child to get pocket money regularly so they learn to spend their money wisely.

i put $500 bucks to my baby's account every month (i totally forgot these few months:P i feel ashamed of myself. that money is for backup in case i swrew up in my work or life or whatever. that money can only be used for a car, school, down payment of a house, or some sort of investment or business if i can no longer support him financially. i won't give him allowance during elementary to high school. if he wants a toy or whatever, i will buy for him. i will give him prob 500 bucks CAD a month when he is in university. if he needs anymore, he better have a good reason.

no idea what i would give but i do receive about 400$ a month in pocket money or 950$ if you include my rent... i also have my own money from work, about an extra 400$ a month saved from my summer job. (it really wouldn't matter how much money i received from my parents i will always get a job because i always want more)

Used to get 30 SGD per week during my polytechnic times, even less during secondary school days, 2 SGD per day T_T. But once I entered army and later working full-time, I started to earn my own keep. (Except the utilties bills in my house which is still paid by my parents) Nowadays, I have to pay for my University school fees , leaving little for my own indulgences....

I don't think kids should get money after high school. In fact, during high school they are perfectly able to get a job themselves, therefor there's no reason to give them extra money. If they don't learn the value of money through working they'll be relying on you to bail them out when they can't make bills and rent and run up debts.

I get half of the university student's allowance for my weekly allowance.

I get $600 for Christmas, and $150 for B-day. I get $2.00 for washing dishes, and that's it.

In high school I would get about $40 a week but after I got a job I get nothing, sometimes I give my parents money lol

Primary school final year - cant remember
Secondary school final year - around 20 euro
College final year - nothing I got money from somewhere else =P
University student - I give my parents something, for living and stuff, kinda like rent

During the last 4 years in High School, I got 4 (for the number of weeks) x age = my allowance. Now I don't get any ;_;

I don't get allowance.
If I want money, I just ask my parents.
Though, not that much, only used for important things..

Wow... Japanese sure are cheapskate..... It's really, really low... i remember when i went to Japan, how 1,000 yen could vanish instantly when just to buy meals.... how would you ever survive there without baito...

It depends what they needs...I will give them the amount that they need for their age xD

I have had to work part time at a job for my money and have been working ever since Grade 11. In high school I used to work about 12 hours a week, so I'd have a good 100+ a week to spend on random stuff... around 1st year Univ, i cut down my hours to around 5 a week so I only got about 50 a week to spend on stuff.. I've moved up to around 10 now in third year university. It is tough, but it's a learning experience of the real world, I pay my own tuition and textbooks as well (but that primarily is covered by scholarships).

Used to get $10 a month up till grade 7. $50 starting in grade 8. stopped getting allowance in grade 11 and was told to find a job. Found myself a part-time job this summer, still working there now, I usually get 13 hours a week, but somehow the past month i worked 18.5-23 hours a week.

Hmm... I'm in secondary school, and I'm getting about 200+ per month...

Hmmm...I guess I would give around 50 a month, but no more. Then again, I don't really have to think about this for a while, seeing as I am not married and don't have kids. I'll have a better plan when I actually have a kid. ^^;

I get paid twice a month at my library gig. The first is usually around $40 and the second about $60 or $70. All of that goes to film and photo paper so the only time I actually have pocket money is my birthday and Christmas (which are both this month ^^). As far as receiving money from my parents and giving money to my hypothetical children it all depends on how hard they work at school and at home.

Hmm I didn't really get much during High School maybe $20 a week for gas (had to drive 20 minutes to get to my school, stupid chartering system). I also helped out at our restaurant and got paid so I used that for food/clothes/gas/concerts/otaku expenses.

Food + Bills. So i don't realy need any cash :p

it matters if is my birthday or if is christmas or something special. but usually my parents don't give me anything.

I used to get about $10/month back in primary school. The main purpose was money management. It stopped once I got to Grade 7. The bulk of the money that I get is from red pocket money on Chinese New Year, which I have to make last the year.

I think I'd probably do something similar to my kids. Allowances are mainly to learn money management. When you're old enough to get a part-time job, it's an experience that everyone needs to go through. Besides, you usually treasure money more when you worked hard for it.

When I was a kid we got £1 a week :) then that went up to £2.50 a week until I became a teenager, then I got nothing.

I currently technically get 640 Euros a month. But that's the amount set by law for students living by themselves and that are below 25 years of age.

So all of my living expenses, including rent, are coming outta that.

My parents never gave me money wether I was 5 or 15 it didn't matter . For some reason they always insisted on me asking them for money . I guess it was their way of saying " I'm in charge " .

Wow. 114US is what I should be getting? No wonder I can't afford all those figures.
I have never received any kind of monthly or weekly amount of money,but my parents are extremely nice in other areas, and they are helping me pay for school soooo.

Just handing over a set amount every month does not encourage financial responsibility. That line of thinking is closer to welfare and unemployment than anything else.

Personally, I don't have a job and I am currently in high school but I don't get that much allowance. I might get $30-40 a month but I have to keep my grades up. I would not mind giving allowance in the amounts that the poll stated.

I can't answer the question. I't depends on so many factors. I wouldn't give 500+ to a 6 month old baby ;)

To be honest I don't think I will even be able to answer the question based on theory. I will need a kid to test on. Anybody here who can help me to get one? :P

Right, they rarely give me even in 100 dollars. Because of the fact that I'm a college student, so they assume I can work part-time for myself for money. But I kinda liked it because I have my own money. Downside is, my parents take it after for some reasons that they don't tell, leaving me a small amount in my wallet or in teh bank. LOL

I don't get any allowence from my parents. All of my money came from my summer job and saving up pennies over the years. My parents would give me money whenever I needed to buy something but on average it's still only around 20 a month. Now they want to give me spare cash whenever they can but I refuse to take it, since they do pay for all my expenses (tuition and such).

Part time job is a no-go for me though, considering the semi-decent marks I get for pouring almost every waking moment into studying.

i get around 50AUD a week

i'm getting a feeling of deja vu...
didn't we have this blog post before?
oh i just realised, it is.... =___=""""

I used to get a small amount of $5 a week... now I get $40 but it's thanks to a small paper route, not fun.

I am pretty fortunate I guess. i get about 250USD (Converted) a Month, and I'm in University as well. But this money includes paying for my Handphone, internet bills and travelling expenses. But in the months of the holidays when I take up part time jobs I get 0. I'll also be asked to contribute back to the family. XD

hey you have to earn your money lol. allowances are for some but not for all.

Well, I just get only 15USD a month only from my parent. Maybe in the future I will ask for more.

I stopped getting pocket money when I was 15. If you're too lazy to get a paper round or odd job at 15, you don't deserve money. Even uni students can get McDonalds jobs to earn a bit of cash.

When I was about 10-12 I used to get about £2-3 a week pocket money, which went up to £5 a week until I was 15. Saving for SNES games was a big job, but it felt amazing when I could finally buy DKC3 for £60 (US$120ish at the time) on the day it came out! Yes, thats what SNES games cost here back in the 90s =D

I don't have and wouldn't have kids, so nthis is an easy poll :P