youthmoney

Should a Times reader  “let” his 15-year-old daughter take a Saturday job?
It’s a Times Money section reader dilemma. Give the star  answer and you could win yourself vouchers worth £25.
More usefully, you could offer some thoughts on young people’s need for independence. And say a little about the relationship between power and money. And perhaps [...]

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The Halifax annual survey reported that the average weekly pocket money for 7 to 16 year olds is £8.01. That’s an increase of over 600% since 1987. A massive rise, the bank stressed — six times the rate of inflation.
Guardian Money dutifully followed the press release. “Pocket money rockets” was the headline on a story that [...]

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Tomorrow is an exciting day for media coverage of money & youth. It is the day the annual pocket money figures are released.
Okay, I was fibbing about the excitement.
If past years are anything to go by, most newspapers will cover the Halifax’s latest publicity gimmick, sorry, findings. They’ll probably spin with some variation of how children [...]

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