It all boils down to the same old thing thats linked with anti social children. We too soft on children and wrap them in cotton wool. Yes I remember doing paperounds I had 3 of them.
One in morning £3.30 a week
One after school £3.30 a week
Then the free papers which had variable pay depending if leaflets. Usually £4-8 per week.
I had pocket money as well which started out at less than £1 per week up to £5 per week when I was 15, stopped getting it at 16. I was however the only child in my family who managed £5 pocket money of my dad my 2 sisters got less.
I also often covered other paperboys when they on holiday etc. so some weeks I may have been doing 3 or 4 paperounds after school.
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Originally Posted by bob_a_builder
Suprised at the low rates quoted in that article.
My son does a delivery, 1 day a week, of the local free paper , what he gets depend on the number of advertising inserts (which he has to insert) and of course number of houses.
His round of about 80 houses IIRC, earns him about £12-14 for one evening a week
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From my childhood experience the free paper rounds paid more.