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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Almost everyone I know at my high school  was given a car by their parents when they got their drivers license. This is the norm among upper middle class and above households. These parents want their kids to focus on grades in school and don’t want a minimum wage job (during the school year) to jeopardize their chances of getting into a good college.[/quote]

What era was this?  Also I am missing the connection between getting a car and taking a minimum wage job.

The difference nowadays is many kids have no interest in driving and a fair number don’t get a license in HS.  This is especially true in wealthy, close in parts of the DMV (Bethesda as example) where kids prefer to Uber vs drive themselves.

Whereas 30 years ago at a HS like my kid probably 90% of kids would get a license at 17…now it’s less than 50%.[/quote]

This was relatively recent. After 2010 in an affluent suburban town. [/quote]

Many UMC parents don’t want their kids working long hours after school to pay for a car on their own. They would rather have them focus on getting good grades. [/quote]

Again…a kid will just Uber which gives them plenty of independence.  They aren’t getting a job to buy a car on their own in 2024.[/quote]

Exactly. Look at starting salaries and the percentage of college graduates working jobs that require a degree.

I hope I can help them buy used cars when they graduate and get that first job, but until then, nope.[/quote]

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