Did You Ever Get A Weekly Allowance When You Were A Kid?

No, I never got a weekly allowance. Money was too tight. Since we lived in my grandmother's house, a roof over our head wasn't a worry, meals were not fancy and my sister and I had 3 days worth of school outfits of which we wore 2 twice. My mom did see that we had a good Christmas though.
 

SeaBreeze said:
We never got a weekly allowance, and I don't remember many of my friends getting one either. If I needed some money for something, my mother or father would consider it, and possibly give me the cash, as long as it wasn't a large amount. My dad would occasionally slip me some change, but nothing regular or formal in way of a set allowance. Did you get an allowance when you were young?
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Same here.
 

I was given 50 cents a week allowance, which was always a silver 50 cent coin. I usually saved them until I had enough money for something I wanted, and often, my mother would agree to pay half when she thought it was something very worthwhile.
I always helped with the chores at home, and didn't expect to be paid anything special for doing that. I was the only child, mom and dad both worked, so we just all did whatever needed to be done, as part of the family responsibility.
My mother always had a large flower garden, and she would pay me, or the neighborhood kids, to haul sawdust for the garden paths. We made 10 cents per garden cart load. This was how we made money for things like buying comic books, or candy, which I didn't like; so mine went on other things than candy.
 
I got 1 shilling a week when I was a child 6 pence of that got me in to see a movie at the theater and the other 6 pence bought me some lollies to eat at the movies:)
 
Never got an allowance as a kid but always was able to earn my own spending money via selling Saturday Evening Post, Green Salve, Paper Routes,Working Laundromat, Box Boy,movie ticket taker doorman/boy
 
No I never got an allowance as a child. From the time I was 11 or 12 I was expected to work for spending money. I started doing laundry and cleaning the neighbors houses, I babysat, and I did yard work. I got my first real job when I was 15 and have worked ever since.

I was also expected to put something in my little bank account every month.
 
My parents lived paycheck to paycheck.. so they never could aford to give me any money.. My grandma, used to send me $2 a week in the mail. , but I never got that.. Mom took it and used it for my bus fare and milk money for school. When my grandma found out about that she was furious and stopped sending the money by mail so mom couldn't steal it.
 
Yes, I received an allowance starting around age 9, but my circumstances were different from many here, starting age 13, I was getting a do anything allowance plus a clothing allowance every few months. I did have small weekly chores, I also, would go out and find ways to earn extra money on my own. During the last two years of high school we moved to the city from the burbs, something we girls had been pleading for, once done, we kids had to use public transit to get to school; I would take my bus fare save it and walk to and from school.
 
I got 50 cents a week which I kept in a piggy bank. I also worked at all kinds of odd jobs starting at a very early age. Baby sitting was a favorite job for me because most of my clients had TVs while my parents put off buying a TV until I left for college.
 
Don't remember early on, but in teen years I got $2 per week and saved every penny of it. I used to drag it out every so often and count it.:shrug: Maybe that's why they gave me so much---because they knew I wouldn't spend it, lol. Eventually they made me open a savings account. Not as much fun to count.
 
SeaBreeze said:
Same here RedRibbons, there were four of us kids, and only my father worked. My mother had me help her with all the household chores, and I didn't get any payment or allowance. In my younger teens, I did make some extra money babysitting for a lady next door with a small toddler and a baby. I didn't get paid too much, but back then every nickel was appreciated.
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When I first started babysitting, .25¢ hour was the going rate (early 70's), and even then, the highest rate I ever seen was .50¢ hour (senior high-school years), but still, it all added up and I was happy to make it.
 
Vivjen said:
Yes I did, but I can't remember when it started.

What I do remember is that when I was 13 upwards, Mum and Dad did a lot of entertaining, and I used to get 50p for washing up, and my pick of the leftovers!

I also used to do a lot of babysitting, 50p an hour, and I never remember getting a rise for inflation!
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Same here!

The only exception was special times throughout the year such as New Years eve, when I'd usually get a few dollar bonus.
 
I never got an allowance ,but every Saturday when I woke up my Dad had a bunch of quarters in a cup for me and a cup for my sister. He had his friends over the night before and they played poker and my Dad was really good. I saved the quarters because my older brother had gotten married and had 2 boys. I was only around 7yrs old at the time so the quarters I saved I would buy my 2 nephews presents for Christmas and their Birthdays.
 
I would clean the house on the weekend with my Mom....I didn't get money for helping my Mom....Every once and a while she
would take me to get a dress....Yes, that's how old I am....You had to have a dress to go to school.....
But my favorite time my Mom gave me a Birthday Party...I didn't know she was getting my friends to come to the house
for my Birthday...I'll never forget....Mom and Dad didn't have a lot a money....It was my 16 year old Birthday....
Mom and Dad had all kinds of goodies and she made the large Birthday cake because she knew I loved her cakes...
I miss Mom and Dad and my Brother....
 
Never was given a weekly allowance. However, I did chores through the summer while at home from school. Also cleaned/dusted/helped with the wash/dishes/cooking/lawn mowing. If I wanted to go to a movie with friends, Dad always coughed up a few dollars. I really didn't ask very often. Mom and I would go shopping for clothes, then stop into a diner for lunch, and I was also her movie companion. In my teens, I eventually got a seasonal job, making $1.00 per hr. in a department store warehouse. It was good to earn the money, but it didn't go far.
 
mlh said:
I received one dollar a week for cleaning my room and making my bed and doing dishes at my mother's request.
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I did get an allowance once I was older, can't remember now how old I was when mom started seeing allowance to me... age 9 or 10 I'm thinking, however, with the issuance of allowance to me, I was expected to do what my parents asked of me without complaining.

I was always good about facing little things my parents asked me to do without complaining, but one thing that did get old was the constant babysitting I did for baby siblings. Every Friday night (without fail) was babysitting night for me, and then some.

Monthly allowance covered any/all duties/chores I did, and while I never got paid to babysit, mom was good about seeing an occasional perk my way, and looking back on it now, I can't complain.
 
At first I thought yes...but I honestly don't remember. I do remember my parents gave me money for banking in school (remember that?), so maybe that was my allowance. 🤑
 

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