What kind of Dollar amount is issued to those of us collecting SS benefits with minor kids. I start collecting in 4 yrs. and my daughter in Thailand will be 8 yrs old. Been told it's around an extra $1000. mo. Anyone with firsthand info??

"Within a family, a child can receive up to
half of the parent’s full retirement or disability
benefit. . . . There is a limit, however, to the amount
of money that we can pay to a family. The family
maximum payment is determined as part of every
Social Security benefit computation. It can be from
150 to 180 percent of the parent’s full benefit
amount. If the total amount payable to all
family members exceeds this limit, we reduce
each person’s benefit proportionately (except the
parent’s) until the total equals the maximum
allowable amount."

https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10085.pdf

Go to:

https://www.ssa.gov/retire/estimator.html

create account, Once you do you will be able to access all your Social Security count info

in the first page it will tell you how much you will get if you retire at full retirement age

and last reported income

click on the view estimated benefits and you will get a page similar to the one below also showing you how much your child will get. I have eraced my personal info