I'm gonna rant!

[Hickrocket1258]

Understandable rant. I wouldn't let it get to you. The one's that are getting handed a car for doing nothing, they are usually the ones that end up screwing up once they get old. Their parents money can only get them so far.

Now if they earned it for doing a good job in school or something, that's a different story.

 

[joesregalproject]

Now if they earned it for doing a good job in school or something, that's a different story.

I don't even understand that. Getting good grades in school is an expectation. When I asked my parents if I get anything for doing good in school, they said "Yeah, a place to sleep and a meal for dinner." And quite honestly, I agree with them!

 

[jetsetw31]

Hey Joe, we all know where your coming from. Mostly, we all know you have a good head on your shoulders. Your in good company here son.
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[Hickrocket1258]

Now if they earned it for doing a good job in school or something, that's a different story.

I don't even understand that. Getting good grades in school is an expectation. When I asked my parents if I get anything for doing good in school, they said "Yeah, a place to sleep and a meal for dinner." And quite honestly, I agree with them!

So I got a Mustang that was 2 years old as a graduation gift from high school. So you don't like those kind of people as well? Some people get rewarded but some don't. I get your point but the ones that actually work hard for it should be allowed to get rewarded. Just not every parent thinks the same way.

If you get handed a car like that but don't flaunt it, I don't care, but if you do it annoys me but whatever. They will need mom and dad for life, and then when they are gone, they are screwed.

 

[pontiacgp]

when I asked my parents what I would get if I got good marks they told me my inheritance cause I I brought home a report with good grades the shock would kill them....

 

[vanrah]

Greetings Guys; Pontiacgp I like your cartoon! This comment is to all of us (including me), Who said life is fair? It's NOT. I was ranting the other day and posted something that I now wish I hadn't, sh*t happens. I'll address that rant over on my for sale post another time. On the lighter side, I'll tell a little story of my first two cars. When I was 15 (1961) my grand dad gave me his 1949 Studebaker 4 door for $1.00 knowing that I was going to sell it. I never drove it, of course I rode in it many times. I sold it to my uncle on the other side of the family and saved the money for a 55 Chevy. Got a job for .50 cents per hour and started building an engine. A 301" that's a 283 bored .125" over, yea cylinder walls were that thick back then. No way in hell I was going to drive a stocker! The day we graduated (high school) I got the 55 from a class mate. It was a power pack car, but the 265"er was junk, it required a couple quarts of oil every time that you filled the gas tank. With engine very low on oil we took it out to the back roads, I put it in 1st gear and drove it all afternoon going full throttle every chance. Crazy kids. It would not blow, vs my cousins wife blew theirs on the way home from work? Life is NOT fair, take joy in the journey (every day stuff) because when you get to retirement usually your body is pretty well used up. And we all know where the journey of life ends, 6 feet under. We are the luckiest most blessed people on the planet, Bob Jr.

 

[joesregalproject]

So you don't like those kind of people as well?

This is a complete misinterpretation of my point. I have pretty thick skin, it takes a lot for me to not like someone. I just don't understand why someone should be rewarded for doing something that was expected of them in the first place. It's like rewarding someone for dressing themselves; yeah it's great that you know how to put your clothes on by yourself, but isn't that to be expected?

 

[Poncho61]

As a parent, I can just say, we do weird things. LOL. We reward our kids for doing whats expected because we look at other kids who don't. When my kids do whats expected and I see their friends aren't, it makes me feel good about my kids. Yeah, they did nothing special. But on the flip side, the temptation was there to do a lot less, and they didn't succumb to it. Too often parents will punish for wrongs and not reward for rights. I want my dog to sit, I work with her and reward her when she sits. I want my kids to do their best, I reward their efforts, just as I scold when they don't live up to their potential. Fair and balanced.
My mom and dad were quick to scold if I screwed up, and just as quick to pat me on the back. They didn't reward me with a car......but I think they did OK. LOL

 

[bill]

I wouldn't let any of that bother you. Your always gonna run into people that have stuff handed to then on a silver platter that don't respect where it came from. I remember I got no compliments back when I was in high school cause I was driving my 79 cutlass. Didn't let it get to me tho. It just brought a smile to my face when I would out run what momma and daddy bought them.

^^^X2 and I might add that jealousy is not a good trait to carry with you through life, seldom does it payoff. Obsess about wanting what you have in this world...not having what you want....

 

[pontiacgp]

I grew up with a younger sister who was a brain, she graduated from university with a 94% average. I was always compared to her and there was no way for me to even compete with her marks. My parents did what all the other parents did with their kids so no blaming them but I wouldn't put my kids through that. So with my kids it was the effort they put into their school work and not the results. I also paid them to work hard in school. It was their job to do as good as they could and as long as they made a concerted effort I gladly paid them. The only thing I wouldn't accept is if they were having trouble with a subject I did not want to hear about after the fact. I was always open to my kids to talk to me about anything.