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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Retired law firm partner here. When we were raising our kids, they were all well behaved and all got good grades and all stayed out of trouble and didn’t do drugs, etc.  And we had plenty of money. But we did not reward our children’s good behavior with new cars. It was behavior that we simply expected from them and they acted accordingly.  I think it’s ridiculous indulgent for high school kids to be given a car. [/quote]

[b]If you can afford it, why not?[/b]  You cannot take all that money with you and a car will make your life easier in less you don't have them in sports or activities.    Reality is you probably had an extra car that they used and it was technically theirs.[/quote]

Because it teaches your kids that everything they want will be handed to them, for starters.  And you're wrong that we had an "extra" car that was technically theirs.  We'd lend them the care, sure, for specific things -- when they asked.  But they never had a car that was remotely their own.  They walked to school (over a mile) all through high school for example.

As for not being able to take all the money with you, that's true, but there are far better things to spend your money on.  Cars are a waste of money, dangerous (especially in the case of teenagers), bad for the environment, and a status symbol that kids don't need.  [/quote]

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