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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Caught a lot of flack, again, from family this weekend for "spoiling" our kids. Our mindset is as long as your children are earning great grades, have great friends, super involved at school, volunteer a bunch, sports, summer jobs, visit grandparents, what's wrong with giving them a nice car? But it seems to trigger a lot of folks.

Nothing obscenely expensive, just nice and [b]safe[/b]. [b]Oldest daughter got a new Jeep Wrangler[/b], son wanted my husband's 2017 Tahoe (which we bought new, then husband upgraded to a 2019), and 15 year old daughter really wants the cute little Volvo SUV.

I think it's a good reward studiousness and high-character and it's a neat feeling we've been blessed enough to be able to afford comfortable wheels. I know in high school and college I was always slightly jealous of peers who had a nice car--and it never seemed to correlate with subprime behavior. Is that the worry, that it makes kids jerks or unmotivated?[/quote]
I have some bad news for you...[/quote]

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