> "you're THE car, but your child is the one driving it" There's a different perspective to that from the standpoint of a middle/upper or a working class famil

> "you're THE car, but your child is the one driving it" There's a different perspective to that from the standpoint of a middle/upper or a working class family. In most working class families, time and money are scarce resources and it is the responsibility of parents to allocate them by prioritising the essentials. It is not an option for a father for example to spend more time with his child, when working on a weekend means being able to repair the car which is used for going to work, which guarantees the financial safety of the family. Affluent families buy time in many ways - by hiring ladies to do their cleaning, by letting their children attend various cultural, educational and sports activities, by having more automated homes, etc. It may work for the wealthy, but it can be detrimental to the integrity of paycheck-to-paycheck families.