My daughter Antonia has entered middle school and has declared that the time has come for regular pocket money. I agreed but felt unsure about the appropriate amount of this weekly allowance. Therefore, I asked fellow mothers.
My friend Eryka, remarkable as always, told me this:
She grew up in the 80s on a farm in rural Poland. Her parents kept the equivalent of around 1.000 Euros in a drawer. When Eryka or her sisters needed money or wanted to buy something for themselves, they went to the drawer, took the money and wrote on a slip of paper when and how much they took.
Their parents never asked what they used it for.
And the girls or young women never took advantage and grabbed more than they needed or spent it irresponsibly.