<p>I guess what’s hard is trying to determine what the spending pattern will be when it’s your first go at this. We will definitely set her up with an account so she can access her own money, and we’ll probably contribute to it, though not with the idea of fully funding everything. We want her to use the money she is earning this summer for all the “extras,” while we will pay for the necessities. We are required to have $1000 on account for school-related charges that they would otherwise bill us for. Or something like that! We’ll figure that part out eventually.</p>
<p>We are relatively closeby (2.5 hours) and subscribe to Amazon Prime, so we can either stock her up on necessaries while she’s home (or when we go visit) or ship things to her using A.P. </p>
<p>I really appreciate folks chiming in on this! I especially appreciate the advice to start small and build from there as necessary (instead of the other way around), and the advice that my child’s sociability is apt to influence the spending. For sure she will want to go to as many movies as other people are going to! And they can walk to the movies so I expect that will be every weekend, depending on what’s playing. That’s gonna be a chunk of change right there!</p>