I was hoping you’d reply to this one Jackie. (the voice of things to come). Thanks for the encouragement & advice.

We’re pretty broke, but I have occasionally given her pocket money for doing extra chores. The rule is that in order to be able to do that, she has to have already done the stuff that’s expected to be done without pocket money, ie room tidy, homework done…
I can see regular pocket money will probably end up starting soon, but we have a few things to consider. Whatever age we start, will have to remember for the next one & so on, the amount of course, whether she’ll still have some jobs to do regardless, ie unpaid, what jobs can we think of that we can stand her doing, how will she fit them in etc…..

Any thoughts on appropriate amount of pocket money & types & number of chores at her age? When did you start?

Hi jlk & welcome. Tell us about your 11 year old.

Had parent teacher night at high school last night. All OK but a bit too much gasbagging in class sometimes, & drama teacher said she needed to be more considerate of others (yes, spot on!)