Good job dad! Your son may be grumpy now, but if he REALLY wants it, he will get a job to afford it. In the long run he will be better off earning it himself.

 

you should have purchaced it for him even if you did have a hard time affording it, he's only 16 for once in his life, 10 years from now you will feel bad for not buying it for him, ur telling him ur own wants and needs are more important that his wants and needs, he will grow up get married and have kids then when you get old and sick and can't work he will remember that day when he was 16 and he will think back what you taught him he will be the same as you, his own wants and needs will come before ur wants and needs, that new house and car you have now will mean nothing to you when you get older, nothing you buy for yourself will mean nothing to you, but just buying ur son an atv and just seeing the smile on his face is worth it, and believe me, you will remember that! Go out and buy him that atv today.

 

Moto, why do you have to go and ruin good threads?
Don't listen to him wolvy... Moto has no common sense whatsoever. You made a good choice!

Z

 

Nope not a bad Dad at all. I bought 1 used ATV and 1 new ATV this year and my 16 year old son wanted one for himself. My banker (also a very good friend for many years) told him early spring 2006 if he got a job the the bank would finance ANY and I mean ANY ATV for him he wanted. All he had to do was have $1000 in the bank (about 6 months of payments) and a job, my rule was keep the grades up to at least a C. I pushed and pushed him to get a job all summer. As everything I have given him he has had no care for, shoes, cloths, $1700 mountain bike(ruined within 2 months), sporting good equipment. He finally decided he wanted my old blaster. I told him I would sell it for the amount I was offerd for trade. Well he would not go look for a job. Finally I told him I was selling the blaster and he got upset. I told him he had 2 weeks to get a job and then 2 weeks more before the first payment or it was gone. Well wouldnt you know it his find a job time was up sunday at 5 pm and on that day at 3 pm he had an interview and got a job. Well now to finish the story. He has had to give up the job because of VERY bad grades and got into trouble at school breaking something. So now I told him he has to come up with the money as I am NOT going to because of his temper. He looked at me and said he has no way of getting the money. Well I reminded him about his paid for blaster. He is not a happy camper but his grades have fallen even more in the last 2 weeks so it has left him no other way out but to sell his blaster. I'll buy it via a friend and put it away for a rainny day.

 

"Ditto"

 

maybe your sig should be oldmachiavelli! HAHA!

 

MotoF150 makes a good point.

But I have one of the spoiled little kids also. No matter what he has, he wants more. Especially since all his friends families are rich. When I was a little kid ,I was dirt poor and didn't have jack, and was happy because I didn't know any better. MY friends were poor also. I just wonder how giving my son everything he wants will effect his growing into a man.

 

I have been the victim of my tendancies to give my son what he wants as well. Growing up on a small farm I never had anything cool. I always wanted to make sure that my son had what I didn't. We started with at TTR 125L, TTR 225, Raptor 660r, not to mention the car and more shoes than Nelson Mandellas wife..... I don't get that one?? Anyway, he never takes care of anything and trashes stuff within the first few weeks that he has it, why not, mom and dad will just get another one. He has been raving about getting a Raptor 700, mom digs it but I had to put my foot down as well. I have stopped doing the maintenance on his bike and car without his help and I will not pay for anything that has broken due to neglect. In fact, he blew his top end this summer..... I didn't pay for it, he failed to check his air filter and got a great big gulp of sand and a small rock, Yes a small rock. He got a job and payed for it himself, I think this has helped us in more than one way, he now takes better care of his stuff and doesn't burn money as fast and seems to be more responsible. As for motomouth 150, go ahead and take his advice, when your son is 33 yrs old and still living with you, you'll remember that smile on his face every morning for breakfast, sitting at your table with you.

 

First of all, you're a great Dad, no matter what Moto has to say
Second, never ever trade your quad in, the dealer wins big time just like in Vegas..
We as parents can give all day long. It doesn't have to be a quad. It can be a hug and those are pretty cheap. If the kids are understanding, the quad thing won't be an issue. If it was give all the time, it wouldn't be appreciated. When the time is right, buy him the quad. He'll enjoy it more and so will you.

 

i say buy it for him. Give him 3 chances to screw up and after 3 sell it