My daughter is funding her own gap year and working at McDs as a crew trainer to gather money to pay for her Uni course next year. Shes a very hard worker and im very proud of her.

Although I think it’s great, and I’m always there for my child and would do anything to help him, I’m not sure that the only 10% of trips that are funded without a bit of parental help is a great way to teach our children the reality of financial responsibilities. Be interested to see the Australia statistics.

It would be interesting to know if it’s popular in Australia.

Very interestuing and thought provoking read

Useful information for this article – thank you 🙂

A great read for those parents who have kids in this range

I note the figures are British. Are these trends reflected in Australia?

I think it is important to take a gap year as that is the year you really grow up as you have to be self sufficient and not rely on mum and dad to make the decisions for everything even down to whats for dinner. you learn how to manage finances and budget as you want to travel around and realise you have to prioritise everything you want to do keeping to your budget. From accomodation, travel, food, trips and going to the pub. You also make life long friends along the way and have so many wonderful experiences. Even the bad experiences teach you life skills and resilience.