board ... paying your way

[mollymandy]

how much board should my teenange daughter pay , she has left collegue and got a fulltime job ... any tips on what i should ask her to pay ?

[dilf]

about a hundered quid would be fair molly but no doubt you will be negotiated down to about �40 like my kids did. it doesnt help when your parents tell them that you only paid them a tenner.
good luck- start at 150 and let them knock you down to 50 , a tenners a tenner.

[Pippa68]

A third of what she earns. This is the best way in teaching her how to budget & about the expenses incurred when living on her own.

A third in rent, a third to spend & a third to save is the general rule :o)

[wigglebum]

My mum used to charge me 20% of what I earnt so as my money went up so did the board

[Im a BusyBee]

my views have always been save a third, spend a third and a third for board. i must add its always a struggle to get it out of my son tho! he is getting better i might add.