they raised us to be responsible with money.

we got an allowance as kids and that was it. other than on my birthday, Christmas, and if I made the honor roll, my parents didn't buy me things other than food/clothes and school supplies... if I wanted comics or books, I had to use my allowance. if I wanted a video game, I had to save up and give up my comics for a couple months.

I was made to get a job as soon as I turned 16, and my dad forced me to automatically divert 10% of my paycheck into an IRA (something I still do today).

when I moved back home for a year after college, they made me pay rent so that I didn't get complacent in my part-time job (although, they later gave the rent money back to me when I moved out to help furnish my first apartment)