{"id":225370,"date":"2026-01-07T13:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T13:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/225370\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T13:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T13:04:14","slug":"an-experts-guide-to-giving-your-children-pocket-money-and-how-much-you-should-give","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/225370\/","title":{"rendered":"An expert\u2019s guide to giving your children pocket money \u2013 and how much you should give"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">\nFinance and parenting experts tell Lisa Salmon that a regular allowance can help kids learn the value of money, but it\u2019s not the right choice for every family\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Giving pocket money can start at a young age with very small amounts. Photo: Picture posed\/Getty\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a59152e4-a0c8-410e-916e-191498bf46be.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Giving pocket money can start at a young age with very small amounts. Photo: Picture posed\/Getty<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">There\u2019s no right or wrong answer to whether you should give your children pocket money \u2013 it depends on what suits your family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The experts say it can be useful for helping children learn about money management from an early age, but it\u2019s not necessarily right for every child or family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Finance and parenting experts tell Lisa Salmon that a regular allowance can help kids learn the value of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[114,123478,268,85,46,10075,266,267,28137],"class_list":{"0":"post-225370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-daily-features","10":"tag-finance","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-latest-news-ticker","14":"tag-personal-finance","15":"tag-personalfinance","16":"tag-service-journalism"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}