Eddie’s 16-year-old son is now driving! He bought the car for him but made him pay for gas and maintenance like oil changes. The other day the oil light came on in his car and he instructed his son on where to get it changed. He asked for money, but Eddie would not give it to him because he said it’s part of the responsibility of having a car. He feels like that’s the responsibility of owning a car, that everything he does in it he needs to be responsible for.
Amy shared she does not feel guilty making her kids pay for stuff because she’s trying to teach them a good precedent. In fact, she needs them to pay for more so it’s a learning lesson. She was paying for her daughter's gas, but now that she’s working, it’s transferred over a little. When they were paying, Amy would ask her to pick up her brother or drive him places and if she was met with attitude, she’d remind her that she was not paying for gas. Her daughter is still working as a hostess but is also bussing tables now which means she gets tipped out and is part of the restaurant's family meal. Now she must check the schedule to see if she’s hosting or bussing and dress accordingly. It’s an added responsibility, so Amy is proud of her, also because it gets her one step closer to serving.
Amy does feel like she is genuinely a good parent. She thinks there are days she does not feel that way, but overall, she tries her best and does what she can. If she messes up really badly, she learns from it which means she succeeded. Eddie does not feel like he is a good parent because he thinks he is too hard on his kids sometimes. His wife reminds him that’s part of parenting, which does make him a good parent, but he does not know what he is doing, but he makes sure to show up to all his kid's events. Lunchbox thinks he is a great dad because he lets them do whatever they want and they have so much fun together!