Parents made me get a job at 14. Let me do what I wanted with the money, but after that point I was buying the clothes, games, etc that I wanted. Now, if I really needed jeans or shoes or something like that they would buy them, but, for the most part non-necessities were my responsibility.
I am glad they handled it that way, taught me the basic tenants of saving, spending, and the value of money.
Now, if only I didn't spend all of that nest egg on booze in university...
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