Is 1/3rd Of Daughters Income A Reasonable Amount To Ask For Rent/Keep?

I think it is totally up to you. My mom wouldn't let me work when I was living at home so I have no clue. My daughter is 16 and she is working outside of the home now too. I do not charge her a whole lot right now. she has a car payment and insurance to pay. When she gets those things paid off, I may ask her to pay more here to help out on utilities and groceries and such.

I don't know what the dollar is comparable from here to there....or what you are used to paying for rent. When my daughter returned home I did get money from her too but a nominal fee because she moved home to get caught up on her bills....so I can't really help! Sorry!

way back in 1972 when I started working room and board was 40.00 a week and I made a grand total of 65.50 whatever you want to charge her is reasonable, it is a personal decision. What you are doing is teaching them the principals of adulthood, there are no free rides, that is the message, and an important one.

I left home at 16 so didn't have this problem until was in my mid-twenties when I moved back again. I paid 25% to my mother. But eventually we agreed that I pay the rates (those were the days) instead which was actually a little less. But a third sounds fairly reasonable, especially if you are going to put it away for her. What a good Mum.

First off, your daughter offered to help, so don't feel bad about it at all. I like your plan to put away for something for her, though. This is a great way for her to learn responsibility. And I do no think 1/3 of her income is too much to ask for. This will teach her how to budget, although honestly most people put a higher percentage of their income toward bills, but I think you are off to a good start.

I have recently gone down the univrsity route, and it has been a massive shock to my system. my parents never took any money off me when i was living at home, they just expected me to pay for all the stuff i wanted. This was great as i got to earn all my own things, but never got used to saving money and budgeting. Now i am at university, i found it difficult to manage my loan as i had never had to pay rent, water, electricity etc. i think the way your daughter has offered to pay is great, and although it may make money a bit tight for her, i guarentee that she will thank you for it in the long run (both when you give her some of the money back and throughout life as she will be able to sort out her own financial situations). A third is a good amount, but it really depends on how much she earns, as i no when my little sister started earning, she wasn't getting much, and a third would hve made it a bit pointless her working, as it would have taken her ages before she managed to earn enough to buy anything. hope that helps.

Hi Ellie My Son when he first started to work was earning £80 a week so I took £20 of him I always went by what they earned and never left them short there was times I let them of with it to when they really wanted to get something I think it is a fair amount and it sounds like your Daughter is happy enough to give you that

You took the words out of my mouth! As I was reading I was thinking - put it away for her. If I were you I would set a rate of say 200 a month KEEP 100 of it for the household and put the other 100 in a bank for her. Thats what my mom did for me and thats what I do with my kids. Well my kids aren't paying rent yet, but with allowance, birthday money, blah blah - they put half away and half to spend. Its working well in that they are young and have pretty nice bank accounts already - probably nicer then mine lol.

That amount is quite fair especially if you will just save it for her. I agree with you that our children needed to get used to the idea that when they go to the real world, there are bills to pay, etc. I know somebody that was not raised that way, got used to getting everything he wanted and doesn't contribute anything. Now at 21, he doesn't know how to budget his money, he wanted to spend it on relaxation and dates and if he doesn't have any more, he just go and "borrow" from his grandmother (who spoiled him a lot). He doesn't understand what being responsible is. You are very lucky that your daughter is showing how to be responsible at a young age. And she is so lucky to have you as a mother that is looking out after her and will be saving that money for her. I bet in the future, she will be so surprised on what you are planning to do with the money she will give you.

hi ellie-my son who lives with me is working so i charge him a third of his wage-after all you are the one who cooks cleans etc for them even if not they are staying under your roof which is a lot cheaper than going to reent somewhere-i do think its fair to charge areasonable amount of rent-it also teaches them to ccontrol their money well hopefully blessings littleowl

Hello,Ellie! If your daughter is comfortable with giving you 1/3 of her pay then thats great. And you putting it away and possiblily helping get a car is a great. Not many kids would even offer to pay anything. Your daughter seems to be very responsible.

I think that if your daughter is offering a third of her earnings, that would be fine, it only shows how cooperative and sensitive your daughter is in sharing her money with you.

Hey, I'm 19 and currently between jobs, I'm going to give my mum £200 (possibly £250 a month) depending on how much my monthly wage will be. My boyfriend gives £200 to his mum out of £800, it's not too bad but even when his wage is lower she still takes that amount regardless. At the moment it's a bit tight as his trying to learn to drive. It'll help her for when she moves out though!

My brother who is 18 lives with me and he makes just under $1000.00 a month and he pays me $100 every 2 weeks for shelter and food and $30 for gas. So he gives me $260 a month. Is this fair?