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How does a teenager have access to $500 they haven’t spent and can spend without their parents knowing (especially the kind of parents who’d want tracking on th
by wwweston 3y ago
How does a teenager have access to $500 they haven’t spent and can spend without their parents knowing (especially the kind of parents who’d want tracking on their kids phones)?
- Brybry 3y agoMy relatives regularly gave me cash for holidays and birthdays. And if your parents ever gave you cash for anything it's easy enough to not spend all of it and save some. I probably usually had >$300 in my bedroom as a teenager (and more saved in a bank account). Also the kid can lie about what they spent it on. Or steal their parents'/siblings' money. Mistakes that lead to important life lessons.
- Cacti 3y agoGiving your kid $50 is hard. Giving your kid $500 after you just gave them $50 is easy.
- selimthegrim 3y agoI have seen teenagers in New Orleans partying with American Express platinum cards in their name.
- bombcar 3y agoI wasn't rich by any stretch of the imagination, but I could have had acquired $500 with a bit of planning in the 90s, and did, multiple times.
- pbhjpbhj 3y agoPossibly dealing drugs (or prostitution), hence not wanting parents to access their messages? The highschools in my small UK city that are known for having drug problems are the ones with the richer kids. It seems like poor kids have to get in to crime first to afford drugs, richer kids can just use their pocket money. YMMV.