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My parents gave me my first car. It had been my mom's and it was paid off, so they gave it to me. They also paid for my college tuition. I paid for everything else.
I think that what my parents did is fine, and I plan to do the same for my kids someday. And as for me paying for my own gas and insurance and stuff... well that required me to get a part-time job. And that's a good thing, because you need to have some kind of work experience. I did have lots of friends in college who didn't work, and whose parents paid for everything. If they needed money, they'd call their parents and ask them to deposit money in their account. I personally don't agree with this because it doesn't teach any responsibility. When you have a job during school though, it gives you something to put on your resume, it can teach you how to budget, and it teaches you responsibility. It can really hurt you if you don't have those things when you venture out into the real world.
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