Quote Originally Posted by footballplaya3k View Post
I'm sure I will get bashed for this but oh well. I completely disagree. My parents bought my first car, paid my gas and insurance while in high school so I could have a car and still play sports and focus on my grades. I ended up getting a job about a year after I started driving because I wanted money to blow and started paying for most of my own car stuff. Really wish I didn't get a job. It took away a ton of time that was the last of my child hood. Instead of being an all league football player like I should have been I worked, missed practices and workouts. Instead of graduating in the top 5 in my class I dropped to 20th, barely made top 5%. I am working and in college now. My parents made my life very easy for me for the first 18 years of my life which most would say makes ppl not learn how life is. I believe its how your parents raise and give their children things, not a matter if they make them go out and do it theirself. Up to 18 is the part of life you should enjoy stress free, don't take that away.
Im not saying you have to stop doing everything. I was in sports for highschool. I just bought what I would afford. Worked 12 hours or so on the weekend and made what i could. Yeah working sux but you gotta do it. I am probably biased because thats what I had to do, but it worked out well for me. I learned to work hard and still graduated in the top 15% of my class.