Does pocket money start the gender pay divide?

A new report says boys are given much more pocket money than girls! How did that come about?

Assignments

Watch the video about the pocket money gender gap. Answer the following questions.

1 How do you teach kids to learn to earn, according to the expert?

2 What do they mean when they talk about ‘value’ of money?

3 What is ‘Jangle’, what is the use of it?

Read the text and answer the questions.

4 What explanation does the text mention as the reason why children receive less pocket money than in 2005?

5 Why has the amount of pocket money given to children gone up recently?

6 Why do boys receive more, according to the report?

7 Why do women in the workplace receive less money than men?

8 What does the gender pay divide have to do with how parents treat their children, according to Sam Smethers?

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