[antisthenes]

> I can even work through the math with them to show them that what they did was more expensive than me just handing them $5000 and telling them to watch TV all summer to save wear and tear on the car.

Who are you to say they wouldn't have found a better use of $5000 than blow it on video games and drugs during a summer? Presumably, if they already have good work ethic, they may come up with a business or a venture with that money that they wouldn't have otherwise, because they were delivering pizza for Dominos.

I would ask them to do the math of driving for Dominos BEFORE handing them a Jaguar, not after the summer has been spent.

[sokoloff]

> Who are you to say they wouldn't have found a better use of $5000

In this hypothetical future scenario: I am both a) the parent of a minor child and b) the guy with the $5000 and a Jaguar.