<p>London, I had the exact same thought! I think I got $100 a month too. I never remember it being an issue, except one time flying home for the holidays, I remember being at Newark airport, being hungry, and literally not having enough change in my pockets to buy a sandwich. I survived. I haven’t discussed this yet with my son, but I suspect that he wouldn’t even think to ask for spending money (he doesn’t get an allowance now, so I just don’t think it would occur to him). I plan to tell him that we’ll pay for everything that we think is a necessity (which, like ClassicalMama, I think includes snacks for evening studying, because being a 14 year old boy, our son eats incessantly). He has his own money from his bar mitzvah, and I suspect that his grandparents plan to give him some cash for spending money, so I’m just going to let him use all that for the time being and see how it goes.</p>