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It becomes Rent = room only, he can go buy his own food, use a launderette unless he contributes to the household running etc. Ultimately this is a parents last act of getting a child ready for life - if they don't like it, they will move out and the real world will hit them at great speed.
If you have to act like a dick to you kid, be a constructive dick! Take with one hand, give with another.
50%
25% for keep, 25% in a savings account that he can't touch until whenever you think is appropriate. Milkshakes, spaghetti measuring services, and the like come out of the remaining 50%.
Also, please remember - he is a teenager. A raging concoction of hormones, emotions, psychological confusion, and staring straight into the face of growing up in a country that hasn't been this hostile since the second world war. He is absolutely going to be behaving in a way that you feel is unbecoming - because that's what every teenager does. You can either try, with futility, to 'incentivise' him out of something that he cannot fully control, or you can instead be understanding, nurturing, patient and remember that you signed up for this on the day that you let the little tadpoles out for a swim. Don't give him even more shit, he's getting enough as it is.
At 18 I moved to London and struggled for the first year, having to pay £42 a week rent for a tiny room, with £85 take-home pay. From the second year, I did full and part-time jobs to survive, and it taught me to be responsible with money. I was also having a great time and saved for stuff like motorbikes, guitars and a house deposit.
My younger brother, on the other hand wasn't charged anything and has turned into a right selfish cunt.
I'd charge my own son 1/3 of wages, or let him live rent-free while in full time education. The thing about kids is, they talk to other kids and make comparisons to suit themselves with the one that pays the least rent/gets the most pocket money/does the least chores.