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Should children get pocket money?

Most of us probably remember getting a pound off your mother or the old man to go down and buy so...

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14.18 20 May 2025


Should children get pocket money?


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14.18 20 May 2025


Most of us probably remember getting a pound off your mother or the old man to go down and buy some comics or one hundred penny jellies.

It’s probably a treasured memory for some, but was it a beneficial experience? Did it affect how you viewed money as an adult, and should those of us who are parents now give out pocket money at all?

Rachel O’Dwyer is Lecturer in Digital Cultures in the National College of Art and Design, Dublin and Author of ‘Tokens: The Future of Money in the Age of the Platform’. She joins Seán to discuss.


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