re: Got to have a job to get a car according to my father.

I walked to work at McDonalds when i was in high school. I saved up for my first $500 ride.

Having said that times have changed depending on where you live. My daughter is in 7th grade. I got her a phone this year finally. She had been asking for one since the 5th grade. IMO that's retarded giving a phone to a kid in middle school.

My daughter said her and 1 other kid were the only ones without phones at her school. I thought to myself "that is total bullshite."

One night i texted a friend who is the PE teacher at her school. She told me that my daughter was actually telling the truth. I was floored. Got her a phone that week.

Times have changed. I call it "white people problems"