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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 457843" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>I agree with the others. And I am also very, VERY against 'gifting' a child with a vehicle when they have done absolutely nothing to earn it. You don't "owe" this boy a vehicle! If he wants a car, let him get a job and pay for it himself. When it is given to them and they have nothing invested in it, they will NOT appreciate it at all. When my two reached driving age I was newly divorced and in no position financially to buy either one of them a vehicle, and I don't think I would have even if I could! My son pumped gas and helped out at a convenience store starting at age 15 to earn the money for his first vehicle. My daughter worked at a nursing home after school and on weekends so she could pay for her first car. They both bought modest used vehicles, what they could afford on their own. They not only paid for their own vehicles, they paid for their gas and insurance too. And they were CAREFUL and responsible with those cars too because they had worked very hard for them! My son used to tell me about a kid he went to high school with whose parents had gifted him with a car as soon as he was old enough, just because he existed. He wrecked it. The parents ran right out and bought him another car ... he wrecked that one too. By the time he graduated from high school he had wrecked FOUR cars, his parents insurance was through the roof, and they were looking for a fifth car for him!</p><p></p><p>And about the drivers license? As long as they still need their parents permission to get a license, they need to show that they are mature and responsible enough to take that on. And if he's stubborn about wearing his glasses and can't see well enough to pass the eye test without them, then they will make that a condition on his license that he must wear his glasses while driving. Let them be the bad guy - they're used to it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 457843, member: 1883"] I agree with the others. And I am also very, VERY against 'gifting' a child with a vehicle when they have done absolutely nothing to earn it. You don't "owe" this boy a vehicle! If he wants a car, let him get a job and pay for it himself. When it is given to them and they have nothing invested in it, they will NOT appreciate it at all. When my two reached driving age I was newly divorced and in no position financially to buy either one of them a vehicle, and I don't think I would have even if I could! My son pumped gas and helped out at a convenience store starting at age 15 to earn the money for his first vehicle. My daughter worked at a nursing home after school and on weekends so she could pay for her first car. They both bought modest used vehicles, what they could afford on their own. They not only paid for their own vehicles, they paid for their gas and insurance too. And they were CAREFUL and responsible with those cars too because they had worked very hard for them! My son used to tell me about a kid he went to high school with whose parents had gifted him with a car as soon as he was old enough, just because he existed. He wrecked it. The parents ran right out and bought him another car ... he wrecked that one too. By the time he graduated from high school he had wrecked FOUR cars, his parents insurance was through the roof, and they were looking for a fifth car for him! And about the drivers license? As long as they still need their parents permission to get a license, they need to show that they are mature and responsible enough to take that on. And if he's stubborn about wearing his glasses and can't see well enough to pass the eye test without them, then they will make that a condition on his license that he must wear his glasses while driving. Let them be the bad guy - they're used to it. [/QUOTE]
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