I grew up on a farm, we were not poor but not really well off either. My parents never were not really able to help out 4 children untill we were all grown up and they were able to sell their farm and made out like bandits
. Anyways as a way avoid some income tax at the time, us kids were "paid" a good chunk of money which we had to claim as income. We were all working Joe's by then but really appreciated the money and therefore used it sensibly. I used mine for a down payment on a house and my two bothers paid off their vehicles etc... We all looked at it as money we earned while we were growing up, yet was not available at the time.