My kids aren't old enough yet, but we'll be doing pocket money like I got, which meant we didn't get paid for doing jobs, but rather we were given an amount of money each week which we could use to buy things like lollies, small toys etc. We didn't get paid for doing jobs as my parents said this was part of being in a family (usiong the argument that they didn't get paid for making us dinner, or taking us places which makes perfect sense to me). I am very good with my money and see that how my folks managed pocket money was a big part of this.

If we wanted to go to the movies or something which would be way too much money, we had to ask (as in, may I please etc etc). I can't remember being told no, but I certainly didn't have an expectation that I would have everything paid for and I knew that I had to be genuinely polite when I asked or the answer would have been no.