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Should I take back the car I gave to my 19yo son?
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<blockquote data-quote="Childofmine" data-source="post: 659926" data-attributes="member: 17542"><p>We went through the whole thing with both our sons, Difficult Child and easy child, about finding a job. One summer easy child fooled around a lot applying for jobs online wasting weeks on end, until the day we sat him down and said: tomorrow morning you need to get up and leave the house by 8 am to look for a job. Don't come home until you have one. He had one by 1 pm as a cook at steak and shake. He was 17. It sounds like you have a good kid who is playing you and of course, is still very immature. There are many ways to get to work without a car. That said, I don't think the car is the issue. I think the issue is he wants to halfway go by your rules and in my humble opinion, if he doesn't meet the established criteria, he has to live with the consequence. Every time. By doing this, you are helping him learn how to function in the real world and giving him the best gift you can ever give a young person.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Childofmine, post: 659926, member: 17542"] We went through the whole thing with both our sons, Difficult Child and easy child, about finding a job. One summer easy child fooled around a lot applying for jobs online wasting weeks on end, until the day we sat him down and said: tomorrow morning you need to get up and leave the house by 8 am to look for a job. Don't come home until you have one. He had one by 1 pm as a cook at steak and shake. He was 17. It sounds like you have a good kid who is playing you and of course, is still very immature. There are many ways to get to work without a car. That said, I don't think the car is the issue. I think the issue is he wants to halfway go by your rules and in my humble opinion, if he doesn't meet the established criteria, he has to live with the consequence. Every time. By doing this, you are helping him learn how to function in the real world and giving him the best gift you can ever give a young person. [/QUOTE]
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