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[luvmyteddy4]

I would feed my baby brother who was 7 years younger and get a penny a bite. More to give my mom a break.

I babysat at 11 years old for quite a few neighbors for 50 cents an hour and a dollar after midnight.

I got my first job at 15 at a hamburger joint and they paid me under the table. 1.00 an hour.

I always worked 2-3 jobs to get by.

I bought my first car at 19.

My parents had no spare money so it was up to us to make it ourselves.

When I was 21 I was making more money than my dad. He worked for Canada Dry and I worked for Safeway. Both union jobs.

Kids where I live get a new car in high school and many of them don't work. 

[ALRATIBA]

No allowance.  I don't think my parents ever heard the word "allowance."  In grammar school - we went home for lunch.  It was only a couple of blocks away.

In high school .... we got money for bus fare and lunch.  

[qvcaddition]

I'm old. We didn't get one.