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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If they're adults, then they can pay their own way.[/quote]

I paid my own way. Arranged the house rental, worried about the deposit we'd lose if anything happened to the property. Had my car break down on the way, called a tow truck and got it repaired, and while I did charge the $300 repair on the emergency credit card my parents gave me, I did pay them back afterward. I think making the kid pay a significant portion (if not all) of the cost is the only way to go here.  Nobody in real life gets to go on a totally free solo vacation. Why should they? Make it hurt the pocket a bit beyond their regular entertainment funds. They will appreciate it more and act more responsibly. Not 100% I'm sure, but better than if they had nothing to lose.[/quote]

I like this idea. Make the kid invested to some extent in the vacation, make it truly theirs, not some gift parents "owe" them.

I hope I'm in a position where I wouldn't make my kid pay the $300 tow back; a car can break down on the way to school, etc. [/quote]

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