Geez they are tight arses, it is unfare that you bare some jelously lexxi, some people need to sit back and reflect on how they treat their children sometimes.
I was never given anything over $50 a year in birthday presents, but mum and dad did pay for clothes and food until i was 16. They once gave me 300 bucks becuase they payed for my brother to go on a school camping trip.
If i wanted money i went on the dole and did odd jobs around the places until i managed to secure a apprenticeship at 18, then everything was great from there. Never had a loan from parents for houses or cars but i do live in SA so most of my cars have cost me btween 100-3000 at any time and houses were 180-220k in my area when i bought.
Some parents can go overboard with buying cars ect for their kids, but think about this when some parents were young they had nothing and living condtions were bad and they just want to give their kids the security they never had.