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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a strange dichotomy on this board.  One group wants to give their kids everything and the other group wants them to pay for their own braces.  I got a reasonable allowance while I was in college and will be giving my son one too.  Guess what, I turned out to be very successful, I doubt the allowance had anything to do with it one way or the other. To the original posters question: I am giving my kid $500 a month at a rural school.  PS I also paid for his braces. That kid sure had it easy.[/quote]

You're creating a dichotomy where none exists. Only a single poster mentioned not paying for braces, and that was her ILs, and she said she was shocked by it. On the other hand, several of us have posted to say that our kids have summer jobs, but we don't expect them to work during the school year and we also paid for tuition and the braces.

So basically, several of us are saying, get a summer job to cover your beer money, and we'll pay for tuition and the braces. There's no child abuse or boomer greediness going on here.[/quote]

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