I agree Toni. Nice to see that Lottie is such a sensible girl and very well balanced!
Our girls have never had an allowance as such - we bought them things like clothes, make up etc as they needed them, but with four kids, they knew money was tight, and to be fair, they never took advantage. As they have all worked part time from the age of 15, from then, they have bought almost all of their own clothes (not things like school uniform obviously!) and other luxuries as needed.
Our 21 year old has a minimal student loan from uni, as we helped as best we could, and she lived at home for the biggest part, with barely any travelling expenses.
As Lynne says, kids do expect so much these days - cars etc, and our oldest three are all trying to save for cars, as, again, we are not in a position to pay out for cars for all of them. Our own two cars cost us a fortune!
Again, thanks for all the comments. It's really interesting how other parents have dealt with this. (It was so much easier when they were all little ...........
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