$0 as a teen, had to work once I was 10 starting with paper route.
Before that I got $3.25 every Sunday which I saved up for 50% of an N64 and then convinced my dad to help me buy it for Christmas one year which he agreed to.
He was extra generous and bought Super Mario World so I had a game to play day 1.
Oops.
Mowed lawns after age 12. Had 4 neighbors and made about $40 a week at the peak of summer.
You ever scrounge for lost cash? Swimming pool change rooms and the return slots on vending machines were my go to. Usually never found much more than a few coins, but sometimes you’d find paper bills!
Yup, we used to get all our arcade quarters by checking all the coin op lockers, especially underneath if there was space. There used to be at least a simpsons arcade games worth for my brothers and I.
Early to mid 2000’s, I earned one quarter each time I cleaned the cat box. Kept tallies on a chart and was paid monthly. Eventually I decided it wasn’t worth it. My parents disagreed.
My allowance as a kid/teen was whatever money my mom hadn’t spent of my paycheck by the time I got home from work.
