Ideally you want kids to organise their own part-time, but parents can play an important role by helping with resumes and applying for a tax file number.
Kids earn around $10 a week in pocket money, on average, according to a survey of over 1000 parents by the Commonwealth Bank. But it's really less than we did as kids thanks to inflation.
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