Okay, here is the deal. Last summer I bought my daughter (15) a jeep wrangler. For the record she lives with her mother 50 miles away. I typed up a contract for her so she would have to "work" for the jeep. I don't think anyone benefits from having things given to them. So, The contract was made.
Terms of the contract:
1) Mantain a B grade average the entire school year.
2) get a job when she turns 16 and pay $1000 for the jeep. (for the record the jeep costs 4000)
That's about it to get the jeep. Once she got it she had other terms .... but those do not matter at this point.
A huge plus for her is that she has paid the $1000 by busing tables all winter.
The HUGE down side is her report card came ..... she has a D average. ( High C average last quarter)
I am really torn as what I should do. Part of me feels that there is no way I can reward her for those grades ... What would that teach her? That she can break a contract and not be punished......
Part of me is proud how well she paid for the jeep.
The contract states that breaking any rule will result in losing the jeep.
I know if I don't give her the jeep she will probably hate me. As it is I only she her about once a month.
I don't have a lot of hands on experience being a father ... since she has always lived with her mother.
My daughter is 16 now ... being very disrespectful to her mother. She should have been getting her license this month but her mother canceled her appointment due to her attitude.
Sorry for the rambling ... but I am confused and I wanted to add what I thought was important to this.
Edited for the grammar Nazis
Terms of the contract:
1) Mantain a B grade average the entire school year.
2) get a job when she turns 16 and pay $1000 for the jeep. (for the record the jeep costs 4000)
That's about it to get the jeep. Once she got it she had other terms .... but those do not matter at this point.
A huge plus for her is that she has paid the $1000 by busing tables all winter.
The HUGE down side is her report card came ..... she has a D average. ( High C average last quarter)
I am really torn as what I should do. Part of me feels that there is no way I can reward her for those grades ... What would that teach her? That she can break a contract and not be punished......
Part of me is proud how well she paid for the jeep.
The contract states that breaking any rule will result in losing the jeep.
I know if I don't give her the jeep she will probably hate me. As it is I only she her about once a month.
I don't have a lot of hands on experience being a father ... since she has always lived with her mother.
My daughter is 16 now ... being very disrespectful to her mother. She should have been getting her license this month but her mother canceled her appointment due to her attitude.
Sorry for the rambling ... but I am confused and I wanted to add what I thought was important to this.
Edited for the grammar Nazis