Do you reward your kids?

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<p>eff the lexus, my mommy bought me an island in the south pacific filled with smurfs and unicorns when I got into college. Thats when i knew I was ready to face the real world…</p>

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<p>Back to topic - around here it is not uncommon for parents to buy cars for children who accept a scholarship rather than insist on a more prestigious school with a greater family contribution. I have only ever heard (from my children) of a few Indian parents offering to buy a car as a reward for a high SAT score, though, and usually the bar was set a little bit higher than the child was likely to reach… (Classmates thought it was quite hilarious.)</p>

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<p>I still like my response on the parent forum to his “inquiry”</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/947286-do-you-reward-your-kids.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/947286-do-you-reward-your-kids.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>He apparently edited it out after my response.
Well do you :P? Most families around here reward there kids when the kids achieve high scores on SAT or get into good colleges. When my brother got into NYU he got a 07 Lexus IS350. I was rewarded with a 08 BMW 528i this year after achieving fantastic results on my SAT and my two SAT II tests.</p>

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<p>my parents have never rewarded me for anything. i’m more partial to a sense of accomplishment than new toys</p>

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<p>EK I loved your response…maybe it is a sense of relief at getting this entitled kid out of their house!</p>

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<p>When I got a likely letter from Harvard, my mom gave me a high five. Then she and my dad went to dinner without me.</p>

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<p>My Mom gave me the finger when I didn’t get accepted into Harvard. lol</p>