charging kids board

[stampy]

catch22 isnt it , my thoughts are that it doesnt help you or them to give them a free ride, i know of some people charging their kids and banking it for them and returning it when the child turns 21

[Lightning McQueen]

I like the way they go missing for a day or two after pay day and think you might forget.

[Gingernuts]

When the time comes there's no way my kids are gonna sponge off me while they save for a house. They can do their own hard yards thankyou!

[woodublieve12]

i think kids should pay board... to a point. soon as they start working and obviously pending how much they get paid. they should hand a % over to teach them responsibility and to help out the house hold, i.e bils, food etc etc...

[woodublieve12]

When our son started his apprenticeship he paid us $30 a fortnight - and there after every 12 months we added $10.
By the time he left home he was paying $50 or $60 a fortnight.

As my brother pointed out - after washing, food, me making his lunches, electricity etc, etc - we were paying him to live here

My sister-in-law charged her kids $50 a week and that was about 8 years ago.O:)

thats what i was charged... bout the same time too...

[Pseudo]

Geez, I was paying $50 a fortnight board back in 1988

That's what I paid - after my own suggestion - 20 or so years ago.

[Brucetiki]

When I started uni (2002), I started out paying $100/fortnight board (Dad basically said 'name your price). As Centrelink dropped my Youth Allowance each year, so did the board (2nd year - $70, 3rd year $50). When I started working, it went back to $100/fornight (again 'name my price'), it stayed that way until I moved out in 2009. However, what started out as $100 covering everything became glorified rent as I ended up contributing to the electricity and paid for my own food (because my sister, who at the time lived with Mum and didn't pay a cent herself, used to guilt Dad into making me pay my own way). It didn't overly bother me because it was a good learning curve for when I moved out.

[Q.]

Gave the folks $100 a week just to cover the insane amount of food I eat

[Bully]

i never paid a cent in board becuase i left when i was 15 and still in school. Moved in with a mate for a year then out with someone else after that.

But depending on how much they earn i would say 15-20% of their wage for the week?

[fish]

But depending on how much they earn i would say 15-20% of their wage for the week?

Yep 20% sounds fair to me.

Before kids and mortgage my ideal targets for spending were:

20% accomodation
20% food, transport and entertainment
20% clothes and other necessities
20% tax
20% savings and big-ticket items.

[BenchedEagle]

i think anywhere from 10-20% is about right. teaches them fiscal responsibilty.
I knew a kid at school who parents took all their Youth allowance and all his wages from HJs. They then gave him back $20 a week for spending money. Poor kid

I paid $60 a FN before i left home at 17. all of a sudden $30 a week was lookin prtty effin good lol

[mighty_tiger_79]

i was a spoilt little brat

didnt pay a cent

but ill be charging my kids board once they are old enough to get work

[Rik E Boy]

But depending on how much they earn i would say 15-20% of their wage for the week?

Yep 20% sounds fair to me.

Before kids and mortgage my ideal targets for spending were:

20% accomodation
20% food, transport and entertainment
20% clothes and other necessities
20% tax
20% savings and big-ticket items.

100% weed and booze.

That had me sorted.

regards,

REB

[valleys07]

Wasn't earning enough money going through uni (2006-07) to pay board but as soon as i got a full time job I bought a house with the mrs (lived at home until late last year and before moving out bought a 2nd house), that was enough to convince mum and dad that i understood the importance of spending wisely and got away with board

[fish]

But depending on how much they earn i would say 15-20% of their wage for the week?

Yep 20% sounds fair to me.

Before kids and mortgage my ideal targets for spending were:

20% accomodation
20% food, transport and entertainment
20% clothes and other necessities
20% tax
20% savings and big-ticket items.

100% weed and booze.

That had me sorted.

regards,

REB

LOL

[heater31]

I rent a place off my Parents and they slug me 100 clams a week for the privilege and I assume my sister who is my somewhat annoying flatmate has a similar agreement with the Olds and it is used to cover the outgoing expenses. Certainly no profiteering off me what so ever.

[LMA]

When I was a young bloke my old man thought I was paying $50 per week but good ol mum wouldn't have a bar of it and gave it back to me to support my West End Export habit

[southee]

Geez, I was paying $50 a fortnight board back in 1988

I reckon I was paying about $40 - $50 per week in about 1995 when I started my apprenticeship. I was on about $170.00 per week as a 1st year.

If i did not pay my Dad would tally it up and put it on the fridge so what was owed.

Harsh ......I still and getting over it.

[Alaska]

2 years ago once the child started earning $50 per week.
Need to wait until they start earning...........however, now I have 1 left, but a couple remain both studying.

Why charge them, when they provide an interesting challenge?

[scottroo]

paid 50 bucks a week when i was living at home and working full time, moved out when i was 21 and it taught me some responsibility. moved back home for 7 months last year with my missus and we both worked full time, we paid 70 bucks each to my olds. only moved home to save some extra cash for my overseas trip. stayed a week when i got home and got a new rental place