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The strange decline of the paperboy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7431224.stm
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A Halifax survey of pocket money certainly seems to indicate that it has risen much faster than inflation. Between 1998 and 2004, pocket money rose more than fourfold, from £1.76 to a whopping £7.82 a week, although it has now stabilised at about the £8 mark.
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I think it is a shame..It's one way children can learn about earning money the hard way and be prepared for the harsh realities of working life.
I also wonder if parents don't want their children doing the job for fear of the big bad world out there..
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