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Originally posted by Nathans_Dad
A mustang is too much car, and I would not buy a Mustang for a 15 year old either.
As far as a sliding scale, I suppose you would also say then that buying your child a $10 million mansion for cleaning up their room is also ok?
The point is that while we do use carrots to motivate our children, there is a HUGE difference between a $2 matchbox car for your 5 year old and a $65k Porsche.
Let's have a dose of reality here...
P.S. I'm curious. Could you explain why you think that giving a child a $65k Porsche at the age of 15 is going to prepare him to succeed in life? How is the $65k car better in that regard than a $10k used Honda? You said you could cite numerous examples, I'd be curious to see them.
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You seem hard wired against any method of raising children that isn't your own...the fact that I was exposed to excess (again, not by my parents) only means I have seen both sides.
You also seem fixated on the cost of things...your 10k Honda is unimaginable to many in this country, but doesn't mean your child is spoiled. Again, the scale...I can be just as absurd in my anecdotes if you'd like.
I never said giving a child a 65K car was good...I said it was stupid. I simply disagreed with your labeling it, "terrible".
For what's it is worth, here's how the car deal will play out with my kids: My 14 year-old daughter will get out 8 year old Trooper to drive. My son, 12, will get my 7 year old Tacoma.
We can afford much more, but we elect not to. The fact that other folks have a different approach bothers me not a wit.