Originally posted by DC294GSR
If thats the kind of parent you want to be where you dish out the cash for everything the kid wants then go for it. I think working for your own stuff at that age is the respectable way to go. Some of these kid have never worked a day in their lives and they drive brand new cars, dont pay for gas or insurance. Dont care if they fvck up the car cause mommy and daddy will fix everything. 
Cant shelter them forever, they have to learn some responsibility sometime. Not the easiest thing to have your kid do, but they'll be a better person when all said and done, probably a bit more bitter towards the silver spooners, but what can you do. :fawk:
Originally posted by BonzoAPD
I am glad I had to work for my cars. Even if I am rich I want my kids to work for their cars and not get everything handed to them on a silver platter. They won't appreciate it as much as if they worked for it. And they won't have the respect for it.
i agree with both of these. i didn't have to work to get my car. i did have to work for gas money though. but being spoiled has pretty much ruined me. i still don't know "the value of a dollar", because i've never had to. it's not like my family is rich, my grandparents have just always been willing to give to me. i wish they wouldn't have, because now i still can't save money (not having a good paying job doesn't help) and i still depend on them in certain situations, and it pretty much sucks. but i have paid for everything that i've done to my car.