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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]An allowance? She’s 18. My kids stopped getting an allowance when they got their first jobs. Where did she work this summer? My kid works and pays for his own gas, insurance, and for all of his own fun stuff. [/quote]

Why do people act like a summer job is some magic bullet which teens humble and grateful? If anything, it makes them less accountable, gives them chances to duck off, make excuses, claim to be too tired, too busy, and the money in their pocket makes them feel like they can tell you to buzz off because they have their own money now and don't need to pretend to be nice for a $50 or $100 Venmo transfer.[/quote]

Lol. That's exactly how a job made my kid feel. He now stops asking me for expensive things. Heck, he has stopped asking me for anything because now he knows the actual cost of it. He makes money but not enough to act like a jerk to me. Once he pays his bills, he's in the same boat with me. It's the best thing he's ever done in terms of an attitude fix. Now he's tired and pretty much broke like us. All of those years of informing him that adults have a long list of things they have to do but may not want to do is finally getting through to him. Thank you minimum wage work! [/quote]

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