In Reply to: Teenagers budget posted by trishasfamily on Saturday, 25. February 2006 at 09:48 Bali Time:
I have 2 daughters and we have found that $500 isn't enough. Main reason is daughters like clothing from surf shops and they can't seem to help themselves when it comes to handbags, wallets, shoes and clothes. We are from the country and they don't get much opportunity to go shopping.
I would suggest if they have any extra they should take it with them and perhaps leave it with the parents for safe keeping.
This year when I went with my daughters I tried a new strategy with putting their money in envelopes and guiding them to budget a bit better. Problem was when we were out and they saw something they really wanted I ended paying for it and the majority of the time I got reimbursed when they cashed up again.
It would greatly depend on what your daughters shopping habits are.