How much monthly allowance do you give your children?

I am not spoiling my children if that's what you're saying. I normally take my girls shopping after I received their report cards and they are doing really good at school. That or I take them to their favorite restaurant or let them go and hang out with their friends. My 14 yr old helps out with the dishes and gets the paper every morning and my 11 yr old gets the mail everyday and offers to help sometimes when i'm doing the laundry. Now once they get a C in their report cards they know what that means - no shopping, no dinner at red robin's, and no hanging out with friends or even chat with them on the internet. That's our deal. It's good to know that your 14 yr old is already working. Mine wants to work but my husband don't want to let her work. He said she should just concentrate on her studies for now. Thanks for your input.

Thank you. My older daughter usually spend her allowance on buying books from Barnes & Noble and some girly stuff from the mall. Now when she wants something that she knew she can't afford to buy she'll ask me if she could have it. I would usually go "Do you have enough money to buy that?" When she shakes her head with a smile I then go "Well then we're going to have to wait right?" Then she goes "That's ok, Mommy" and then find myself getting what she wanted the following week. Now after I bought what she wanted she hardly even notice that I didn't give her allowance for that month. My younger daughter on the other hand can't forget her monthly allowance no matter what and she's an impulse buyer. So then I told her that she's been spending money unwisely so I didn't give her allowance for this month. When we went to the mall last friday she wanted this shirt that I promised i'd get her about 3 weeks ago so I bought the shirt for her. She then said thank you Mommy. Then she would ask for more...Mommy can I have this? I would say "uh...no" and then reminded her that I just got her a shirt. She then goes "oh yeah...but oh can I get this and then don't give me allowance next month"? Well what she wanted costs more than her allowance. lol So i went uh...let me think about it. lol So I'm kind of wondering should i just do it this way? Don't give them allowance anymore and then get what they want at the time that I can afford to buy them? It's like I'm more in control this way and yet I also want them to know how to spend their own money wisely by giving them allowance.