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What a weird list of bare minimums. What child requires a car or phone? If they want one, surely they can get a job and pay for one?
If those don’t qualify for bare minimums to you, I shudder to think about what you think are actual bare minimums.
I live in an area with sane public transport, and if my kids need to get somewhere I can also drive them.
The amount of children with cars in my area would be a singular percentage.
As to phones, why would your child require a phone? I'm sure there are some useful scenarios - obsessive tracking, easy contact, etc - but these aren't necessary. For hundreds of generations kids didn't have phones (and billions around the world still don't), and it's rarely an issue.