Unemployed
"Mom, I was thinking, I know dad got me the best car he could for my sixteenth birthday, but a lot of my friends drive really cool stuff like Broncos or Dodge Stealths. I figured that if I clean up my car, get it detailed and everything, I could trade it in and then get a loan for say 8-10 thousand dollars and make payments each month. Why are you rolling your eyes?!? John has a '95 and he's making the payments plus insurance each month. I know he has a job after school and on weekends, but I bet if he had to quit his mom would help him out. So will you do it? Will you go to the bank with me and help me get a loan to buy something new? I promise I'll try to get a job once I'm finished with sports and my after school clubs. But, I'll have to wait until after we take our vacation this summer. By the way, where are we going this year? I'm really tired of the plain old beach, I was hoping we'd do something really different like go out west and rent a cabin at some national park. Maybe we could stay three or four weeks. But, in the meantime, I really could use a new car."
- Do you see any problems in this scenario?
- Does this person have a realistic view of life?
- Could you suggest any activities to help this person?
- Do you have any friends with this type of attitude?