Try not to overcompensate for a recent separation, or bereavement with more pocket money. Remember to set a limit of how much extra they can earn or make it a one-off opportunity – clear boundaries will ensure you remain in control of what you give them. However, do make sure you are not paying for chores you would expect them to do anyway – any chores they get more pocket money for should be above and beyond what they are usually expected to do around the house. We spoke to parents to ask how they set pocket money, and if or how they monitor what their child buys…Chores: Some parents allow their children to earn extra pocket money by doing chores, especially if they are saving up for something special.
He contributed to The Guardian regularly, usually writing about contemporary art.Pocket money can be the cause of many arguments as children list the names of friends that get more than they do or look for ways to earn more.
He also wrote a book with British artist Damien Hirst, On the Way to Work, a collection of interviews from various dates between 1992-2001. His sport-based books are Pocket Money: Inside the World of Snooker (1986) and Best and Edwards: Football, Fame and Oblivion (2006), which deals with the twin stories of Manchester United footballers Duncan Edwards and George Best and the "trajectory of two careers unmoored in wildly different ways." His first book Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son was a study of Peter Sutcliffe, 'the Yorkshire Ripper' and his 1998 book Happy Like Murderers: The Story of Fred and Rosemary West, dealt in similar detail with one of Britain's most notorious serial killers.īurn's interest in such infamous villains extended to his fiction, with Myra Hindley, one of the 'Moors murderers', featuring prominently in the novel Alma Cogan. His non-fiction deals primarily with sport and true crime. His other novels Fullalove and The North of England Home Service appeared in 19 respectively. His novel Alma Cogan (1991), which imagined the future life of the British singer Alma Cogan had she not died in the 1960s, won the Whitbread Award for Best First Novel. Gordon Burn was an English writer born in Newcastle upon Tyne and the author of four novels and several works of non-fiction.īurn's novels deal with issues of modern fame and faded celebrity, as well as life through a media lens.
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