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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 646156" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I'm even meaner. I don't believe in buying teens and adult children their own cars. They can drive ours and pay their part of the insurance and gas IF they are not abusing substances.</p><p></p><p>The only kid who got her own car at all is Jumper. We let her take our over ten year old van, still in good shape (Hub is a car mechanic) to college. I didn't want her to have no way to get home to visit and she uses it for practice and socializing. We do help her with gas. However, she is going to school full time. That's the catch. Also, she has never gotten into any trouble.</p><p></p><p>That's the difference.</p><p></p><p>I find I want to give more to my easy child kids whom I can trust and who appreciate what they are given.</p><p></p><p>Now a childish, law defying, unemployed or underachieving difficult child, jumping up and down and saying, "Wahhhhhh, I'd have to walk two miles to work" (which is normally flipping burgers) will not move my heart. Walking is GREAT exercise. We should all walk more...Americans are overweight and out of shape.</p><p></p><p>Now how mean is THAT?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 646156, member: 1550"] I'm even meaner. I don't believe in buying teens and adult children their own cars. They can drive ours and pay their part of the insurance and gas IF they are not abusing substances. The only kid who got her own car at all is Jumper. We let her take our over ten year old van, still in good shape (Hub is a car mechanic) to college. I didn't want her to have no way to get home to visit and she uses it for practice and socializing. We do help her with gas. However, she is going to school full time. That's the catch. Also, she has never gotten into any trouble. That's the difference. I find I want to give more to my easy child kids whom I can trust and who appreciate what they are given. Now a childish, law defying, unemployed or underachieving difficult child, jumping up and down and saying, "Wahhhhhh, I'd have to walk two miles to work" (which is normally flipping burgers) will not move my heart. Walking is GREAT exercise. We should all walk more...Americans are overweight and out of shape. Now how mean is THAT? [/QUOTE]
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