His parents didn’t buy them..
the boy worked all summer mowing lawns and bought them for himself...
I looked up these sneakers and they sell for $120 at Foot Locker.Why does a 13 year old kid need $120 sneakers? Why didn't he buy $60 or $70 sneakers and put the rest in the bank? That's what I would have done.That's what my Dad,a child of the Great Depression,taught me to do....live below your means.
Just sayin'...