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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All my kid's friends have AirPods, smart phones and plans, iPads, laptops.  They are 17.  I helped my son redecorate his room last summer to make it more young adult comfortable.  He does not ask for a car because we live in the city and he takes a scooter to get around.  He has an online job so he is earning money for the summer.  I don't see anything wrong with these items.  How old is your child -- 12?[/quote]

OP here - he’s turning 16. He has a new iPhone. He doesn’t need a laptop and he doesn’t need a car b/c we live in the city and so many of his friends have cars!

Do I give him $200 AirPods because his friends all have them?

He is a musician and listens to music-his own and other peoples’ - quite a lot.[/quote]
absolutely not. Tell him to save his allowance and get it himself. Or he can wait till his bday or xmas.

That's what we do for our 15 yr old. He gets $40/month for allowance, but he has bought his own phone, laptop, computer, airpods, etc... We don't buy him super expensive gifts for bday or xmas. Instead, what we would spend on an expensive gift, we give him cash throughout the year in the form of his allowance so he can learn to manage his money. He's pretty good at it. Between a few jobs he got paid for and all his bday/xmas money, he has saved over $4000, even with buying himself those expensive things. He's also learning how to invest the money in the stock market.[/quote]

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