Children can decide for themselves what they spend their pocket money on: this is what you think

And opinions vary quite a bit.

Pocket money for your children

• Charlotte: “Certainly not, they are 10 and 12 here. And if I let them have their way, everything goes to playstation stuff. Things you can’t even touch… sometimes you can. But now my 10-year-old has been saving up for a new scooter and glad he is!”
• Annemiek: “Yes. That is how they learn to manage money. My son is almost 9 and gets 1 euro a week. He spent it 1x on sweets and drinks and then he regretted that he had done so. Now he saves it and spends it on what he finds fun and useful. Money that he gets for his birthday, for example, is spent on something bigger. Last year he bought a Switch for that. And then he is very proud that he bought it himself.”
• Kayleigh: “When the time comes. Yes, of course. But he wants to teach him the value of money. And being able to guide him a little bit about what is smart to buy and what is not.”
• Mandy: “No, because then all the pocket money will be spent on sweets and nonsense knick-knacks at the Intertoys.”

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• Brenda: “Yes, otherwise I don’t see the point of pocket money… My goal is that they learn the value of money and learn to save for something. They quickly find out that 1 euro won’t get you far at the Intertoys.”
• Marieke: “No, because my son would be with Jamin with 50 euros, so I’ll definitely send him in.”
• Natalie: “Yes! That’s what pocket money is for. We buy useful things that they need for our teenagers. Their pocket money is for the extra (fun) things in life, and they can decide about that themselves.”
• Brenda: “Partly: he has to save half (for later) and the other half is free to spend.”

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